Diocese of Feldkirch, Austria

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Feldkirch / Campitemplen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Salzburg

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Gebardo di Costanza (August 27), Saint Fidelis von Sigmaringen (April 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 26

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.12.08: Established as Diocese of Feldkirch / Campitemplen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Innsbruck–Feldkirch and became suffragan of Salzburg)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Benno Elbs (64)

Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Feldkirch (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benno Elbs (64)
(2013.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria)
Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

Committe Domino viam tuam

Born:	1960.10.16 (Bregenz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1986.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.06.30

Priest of Feldkirch (Austria) (1986.05.16 – 2013.05.08)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria) (2013.05.08 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz (Liechtenstein) (2023.09.20 – ...)

Bishop Elmar Fischer
(2005.05.24 – 2011.11.15)

Dei regnum quærere

Born:	1936.10.06 (Feldkirch, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.07.03
Died:	2022.01.19 (Feldkirch, Austria † 85)

Priest of Feldkirch (Austria) (1961.06.29 – 2005.05.24)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria) (2005.05.24 – 2011.11.15)

Bishop Klaus Küng, Opus Dei (84)
(1989.01.21 – 2004.10.07)

Bishop emeritus of Sankt Pölten (Austria)

Serviam

Born:	1940.09.17 (Bregenz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.03.05

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1970.08.23 – 1989.01.21)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria) (1989.01.21 – 2004.10.07)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (2004.10.07 – 2018.05.17)

Bishop Bruno Wechner
(1968.12.09 – 1989.01.21)

Omnia regi

Born:	1908.07.01 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1933.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.03.12
Died:	1999.12.28 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Cartennæ (1954.12.31 – 1968.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria) (1954.12.31 – 1968.12.09)

Bishop of Feldkirch (Austria) (1968.12.09 – 1989.01.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Dom Sankt Nikolaus, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Minor Basilica: Basilika zu Unserer Lieben Frau Maria Heimsuchung, Bildstein, Vorarlberg
Minor Basilica: Liebfrauenbasilika, Rankweil, Vorarlberg
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Vaduz (↙), Sankt Gallen (←), Augsburg (↗), Innsbruck (→), Wettingen-Mehrerau (☉)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,601 km²

Population: 229,940 Catholics (56.5% of 406,886 total)

Pastoral Centres: 126 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 164 priests (107 diocesan, 57 religious), 26 deacons, 244 religious (69 brothers, 175 sisters), 4 seminarians