List of parishes in the Wolkersdorf deanery
The Wolkersdorf deanery is a deanery in the vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna .
Parishes with church buildings and chapels
Wolkersdorf dean's office
The deanery comprises 21 parishes in the Weinviertel in northern Lower Austria with around 20,000 Catholics.
- history
The mother parish Pillichsdorf is mentioned for the first time in 1205 as the seat of a dean of the Diocese of Passau. From 1330 at the latest until 1724, the Pillichsdorf-Ulrichskirchen parish formed the center of the Passau dean's office, which covered a much larger area than it is today. With the diocesan regulation of Emperor Joseph II, this became part of the Archdiocese of Vienna in 1785. The name of the deanery changed several times, for example until 1830 it was called “deanery on the Marchfelde” and was then renamed to “deanery Pillichsdorf” after the main town. With a decree of the Archdiocese of Vienna, it was finally converted into today's Wolkersdorf deanery on January 1, 1996.
- Diocesan development process
On November 29, 2015, development areas were defined for all parishes in the Archdiocese of Vienna. The parishes should work more closely together in the development areas, form parish associations or pastoral care rooms. At the end of the process, new parishes should emerge from the development areas. The following development rooms have been defined in the Wolkersdorf dean's office:
- Gerasdorf near Vienna, Seyring and Süßenbrunn
- Hautzendorf, Herrnleis, Ladendorf, Niederkreuzstetten, Oberkreuzstetten, Traunfeld, Unterolberndorf and Wolfpassing an der Hochleithen
- Groß-Engersdorf, Obersdorf and Pillichsdorf
- Großebersdorf, Kronberg, Manhartsbrunn, Münichsthal, Schleinbach, Ulrichskirchen and Wolkersdorf
- Subunit 1: Großebersdorf, Kronberg, Manhartsbrunn, Münichsthal, Schleinbach and Ulrichskirchen
- Subunit 2: Wolkersdorf
The parishes in Herrnleis and Ladendorf, previously the Ernstbrunn dean's office , became part of the Wolkersdorf dean's office on September 1, 2016.
- Deans
Deanery Pillichsdorf in the Diocese of Passau (approx. 1205-1784):
- Damian Michael Mayer (Pillichsdorf), 1775–1784
Deanery Pillichsdorf in the Archdiocese of Vienna (since 1785):
- Damian Michael Mayer (Pillichsdorf), 1785–1791
- Ludwig Johann Robel (Pillichsdorf), 1791–1819
- Josef Petz (Pillichsdorf), 1820
- Jakob Bayer (Pillichsdorf), 1821–1831
- Johann Michael Merroth (Pillichsdorf), 1831–1836
- Josef Hoffmann (Pillichsdorf), 1836–1845
- Valentin Wiesner (Pillichsdorf), 1845–1860
- Franz Asperger (Pillichsdorf), 1860–1892
- Heinrich Baumer (Großjedlersdorf), prov. Dech. 1887/88
- Jakob Rohrer (Pillichsdorf), 1893–1897
- Leopold Zimmermann (Pillichsdorf), 1897–1901
- Ludwig Hüttner (Pillichsdorf), 1902–1910
- Franz Zotty (Ulrichskirchen), 1910 - February 20, 1913
- Josef Ahmon (Pillichsdorf), 1913–1924
- Theodor Stief (Ulrichskirchen), January 1, 1924 - 1934
- Sebastian Neidl (Pillichsdorf), January 1, 1935 - 1942
- Leopold Stracker (Wolkersdorf), 1942–1963
- Heinrich Thurner (Pillichsdorf), April 1, 1963 - 1982
- Josef Hasel (Seyring), 1982–1987
- Herwig Fassler (Gerasdorf), 1987–1993
- Franz Führer (Wolkersdorf), 1993–1995
Wolkersdorf Deanery (since 1996):
- Franz Führer (Wolkersdorf), 1996-2005
- Thomas Brunner (Obersdorf, Pillichsdorf), December 1, 2005 - ongoing
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Pfleger, Severin (ed.): The dean in his office. That is: partly in spiritual matters, partly as school = district = overseer. Vienna: J. G Ritter v. Mösle sel. Widow 1832, p. 56.
- ↑ cf. Parish Church of St. Martin in Pillichsdorf. Church leaders. In: Christian art places of Austria 552. Hg. Vd Pfarre Pillichsdorf. Salzburg: Verlag St. Peter 2013, p. 5f.
- ↑ Diocesan Gazette of the Archdiocese of Vienna special issue November 2015