Diocese of Feldkirch

The Diocese of Feldkirch () is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.

History

• until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the Catholic Church: Constance, Augsburg
• then attached to the (Tyrolean and thus Austrian) Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the Holy Roman Empire
• came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature (1921), later (1964) Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
• 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

Bishops of Feldkirch

• Bruno Wechner (9 December 1968 – 21 January 1989)
• Klaus Küng (21 January 1989 – 7 October 2004)
• Elmar Fischer (24 May 2005 – 15 November 2011)
• Benno Elbs (since 8 May 2013)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Austria

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website