List of the bishops of Feldkirch

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The following people were auxiliary bishops in Brixen between 1820 and 1921, vicars general for Vorarlberg, between 1921 and 1968 apostolic administrators or bishops of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, and between 1936 and 1938 auxiliary bishops and vicars general for Vorarlberg. From 1968 bishops of the diocese of Feldkirch :

Surname from to
Auxiliary Bishops and Vicars General (Feldkirch)
Bernhard Galura 1820 1829
Provisional Vicariate General Johann Joseph Stey (1766–1842) 1829 1832
Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer 1832 1834
Georg Prünster 1836 1861
Joseph Feßler 1862 1865
Johann Nepomuk Amberg 1865 1882
Simon Aichner 1882 1884
Johann Zobl 1885 1907
Franz Egger 1908 1912
Sigismund Waitz 1913 1921
Apostolic Administrators (Innsbruck-Feldkirch)
Sigismund Waitz 1921 1938
Paulus Rusch 1938 1964
Bishop (Innsbruck-Feldkirch)
Paulus Rusch 1964 1968
Auxiliary Bishops and Vicars General (Feldkirch)
Franz Tschann 1936 1955
Bruno Wechner 1955 1968
Bishops (Feldkirch)
Bruno Wechner 1968 1989
Klaus Küng 1989 2004
Elmar Fischer 2005 2011
Benno Elbs 2013 -

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Fliri: Mission Vorarlberg. History of Christianity between Lake Constance and Arlberg. Tyrolia Verlag , Innsbruck 2018, ISBN 978-3-7022-3714-1 , p. 155.