Feldkirch diocese
Feldkirch diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Austria |
Ecclesiastical province | Salzburg |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Salzburg |
Diocesan bishop | Benno Elbs |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Elmar Fischer |
Vicar General | Hubert Lenz |
founding | 1968 |
surface | 2,601 km² |
Dean's offices | 9 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Parishes | 125 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Residents | 373,849 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics | 247,436 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
proportion of | 66.2% |
Diocesan priest | 139 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious priest | 61 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,237 |
Permanent deacons | 23 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Friars | 73 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 302 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | German |
cathedral | Dompfarrkirche St. Nikolaus |
address | Bahnhofstrasse 13 6800 Feldkirch |
Website | www.kath-kirche-vorarlberg.at |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The diocese of Feldkirch ( Latin Dioecesis Campitemplensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Austria that is responsible for the federal state of Vorarlberg (with the exception of the territory of the Wettingen-Mehrerau territorial abbey ). It has its seat in Feldkirch and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg .
history
The state of Vorarlberg originally belonged to the Diocese of Chur in the south, to the Diocese of Constance in the north and to the Diocese of Augsburg in the northeast . Emperor Joseph II tried unsuccessfully to eliminate the influence of the non-Habsburg dioceses. It was not until 1816 that the Diocese of Chur and 1819 the Diocese of Constance had to cede their shares to the Diocese of Brixen . In Vorarlberg only one vicariate general was established with the seat in Feldkirch , the vicars general were also auxiliary bishops .
Since Brixen, located in South Tyrol , became part of Italy after the First World War , in 1921 the areas of the diocese of Brixen in Austria were transferred to a separate Apostolic Administration Innsbruck-Feldkirch (first Feldkirch-Innsbruck), which from 1925 was directly subordinate to the Holy See .
On August 6, 1964, Pope Paul VI signed three bulls in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo:
- The bull "Quo aptius", which says that those areas of the Archdiocese of Trento, which were in the Province of Bozen (South Tyrol), will be attached to the Diocese of Bressanone, henceforth the Diocese of "Bozen-Brixen"
- The bull “Tridentinae Ecclesiae”, which established the new ecclesiastical province and assigned it to the Archdiocese of Trento.
- The bull "Sedis Apostolicae", however, was the basis for the elevation of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck-Feldkirch to the independent Diocese of Innsbruck , which was initially also subordinate to the area of Vorarlberg .
On December 8, 1968, Pope Paul VI finally established with the Bull Christi Caritas the diocese of Feldkirch. This was preceded by an international treaty regulation. The solemn proclamation took place on December 14, 1968. Bruno Wechner became the first diocesan bishop of Feldkirch.
See also:
- History of Christianity in Austria
- Roman Catholic Church in Austria
- List of the bishops of Feldkirch
Dean's offices
working area
The marriage and family center offers marriage preparation and family support, NER natural conception regulation , the diocesan working group for homosexual pastoral care, groups for single parents and Gigagampfa (r), the youth and love cloud 6 area as well as general marriage, family and life counseling.
The diocese's plan: g foundation is involved in development cooperation.
Economic conduct
According to the media office of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, the Diocese of Feldkirch had revenues of 31.4 million euros in 2018 compared to 30.4 million in 2017, of which 25.4 million from the church contribution compared to 24.6 million in 2017 with a positive EGT of 1 million compared to 0.2 Million 2017.
literature
- Rudolf Leeb among other things: History of Christianity in Austria. From antiquity to the present . Uebereuter, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3914-1
- Elmar Schallert: History of the Diocese of Feldkirch . In: Yearbook of the Catholic Church in Austria 1998 . Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-9500963-0-2
- Josef Vodka: Church in Austria. Guide through their history . Herder, Vienna 1959
Web links
- Official website of the Catholic Church Vorarlberg
- Entry for the Diocese of Feldkirch on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Hartmann: Dates of church history . Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-8438-0228-4 .
- ↑ Milestones Wörgl: Innsbruck becomes its own diocese. In: Milestones Wörgl. February 5, 2020, accessed February 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Diocese of Bozen-Brixen: 50 years of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen. August 6, 2014, accessed February 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Government draft (PDF) In: 999 of the supplements to the stenographic minutes of the National Council XI. GP. . parliament.gv.at. October 18, 1968. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ↑ VOL.at: 40 years of the Feldkirch diocese. In: VOL. Russmedia, December 8, 2008, accessed February 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Marriage and Family Center: Our areas of work. In: Website of the Diocese of Feldkirch, as seen on May 13, 2017.
- ↑ 'plan: g - Partnership for Global Health' In: Website of the Diocese of Feldkirch, viewed on June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Budget and management. In: Church funding. Media report of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, accessed on September 2, 2020 .