Diocese of Feldkirch

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Diocese of Feldkirch
Dioecesis Campitemplensis

Statistics
Country:	Austria
Metropolitan:	Salzburg
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	2,601 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	375,543 (2004) 267,950 (71.4%)
Cathedral:	Dom Sankt Nikolaus (Cathedral of St. Nicholas)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Elmar Fischer
Map

The Diocese of Feldkirch {Latin: Campitemplen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] History

• December 8, 1968: Established as Diocese of Feldkirch from the Diocese of Innsbruck–Feldkirch

[edit] Special Churches

• Minor Basillicas:
  • Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Feldkirch (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Elmar Fischer (since 2005.05.24)
  • Bishop Klaus Küng (1989.01.21 – 2004.10.07)
  • Bishop Bruno Wechner (1968.12.09 – 1989.01.21)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Austria

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website