Eisenstadt diocese

Eisenstadt diocese
Basic data
Country	Austria
Ecclesiastical province	Vienna
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Vienna
Diocesan bishop	Aegidius Zsifkovics
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Paul Iby
Vicar General	Martin Korpitsch
founding	1922
surface	3,966 km²
Dean's offices	12 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Parishes	173 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Residents	286,215 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Catholics	201,260 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
proportion of	70.3%
Diocesan priest	135 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest	26 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest	1,250
Permanent deacons	26 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Friars	29 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters	100 (December 31, 2013 / AP 2013 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	German Burgenland Croatian Croatian Hungarian
cathedral	St. Martin Cathedral (Eisenstadt)
address	St. Rochus-Strasse 21 7000 Eisenstadt
Website	www.martinus.at
Ecclesiastical province

Development of membership numbers

The Diocese of Eisenstadt ( Latin : Dioecesis Sideropolitanus ) is a Roman Catholic Austrian diocese based in Eisenstadt , which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Vienna . She is responsible for the federal state of Burgenland .

history

Episcopal church of the diocese is the cathedral of St. Martin in Eisenstadt, whose history goes back to the 13th century. The diocesan area was part of Hungary until the end of the First World War and belonged to the dioceses Győr / Raab and Szombathely / Steinamanger until 1922 . In 1921 the state of Burgenland became part of Austria.

From 1922 to 1949 the Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Vienna were appointed Apostolic Administrators . Under Cardinal Theodor Innitzer , the Burgenland seminary in Vienna and a boys' seminary were established. The church administration was moved from Vienna to Eisenstadt .

The annexation of Austria in 1938 brought severe setbacks due to the dissolution of private Catholic schools and the obstruction of pastoral care. The church administration had to be relocated first to Mattersburg and then to Bad Sauerbrunn .

After the Second World War , Joseph Schoiswohl was appointed administrator in 1949, who moved the church administration back to Eisenstadt.

During the episcopate of Stephan László , the area was occupied by Pope John XXIII. elevated to a diocese by the Bull Magna quae of August 15, 1960.

Coat of arms of the Diocese of Eisenstadt

The establishment of pastoral care rooms has been pushed since the 2010s to counteract the shortage of pastors . After changes in the parish level, internal church excitements became known.

administration

The Eisenstadt diocese maintains the private high school Gymnasium of the Eisenstadt Wolfgarten diocese in Eisenstadt.

List of bishops

• Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl (Archbishop of Vienna, Administrator 1922–1932)
• Theodor Cardinal Innitzer (Archbishop of Vienna, Administrator 1932–1949)
• Joseph Schoiswohl (Titular Bishop of Phytea, Administrator 1949–1954)
• Stephan László (administrator 1954–1960, diocesan bishop 1960–1992, retired, administrator 1992–1993)
• Paul Iby (1993-2010)
• Agidius Johann Zsifkovics (since 2010)

St. Martin's Cathedral in Eisenstadt

Dean's offices

List of deaneries in the Diocese of Eisenstadt

Diocesan patron

Since 1924 St. Martin of Tours the diocesan patron.

literature

• Franz Buchberger and Josef Dirnbeck (editors), Diocese of Eisenstadt (ed.): Burgenland Yearbook 2010. Encounter and dialogue. 50 years of the Eisenstadt diocese. with escort words of the bishops of neighboring dioceses: Archbishop Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna Archdiocese , Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava , Bishop Lajos Pápai for the Diocese of Győr / Raab, Bishop András Veres for the Diocese of Szombathely / Szombathely, Bishop Marjan Turnšek for the Diocese Murska Sobota and Bishop Egon Kapellari for the Diocese of Graz-Seckau .

Web links

• Diocese of Eisenstadt - Official homepage
• Eisenstadt diocese - Martinsfest
• St. Martin Cathedral
• Entry on Diocese Eisenstadt on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Diocese of Eisenstadt , cultural assets of the order

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Parish report Burgenland. In: martinus.at. Diocese of Eisenstadt, accessed on April 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Merging parishes: Burgenland pioneer. In: ORF.at . September 23, 2012, accessed April 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ The diocese relies on "pastoral care rooms". In: ORF.at. February 21, 2007, accessed April 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ Burgenland: Revolt against the bishop. In: DiePresse.com . July 16, 2010, accessed April 5, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Believers protest: "We want our pastor back". In: Kurier.at . February 26, 2014, accessed April 5, 2020 .