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Eastern Ordinariate of

Ordinariat d’Autriche de rite oriental

Austria Austria

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Eastern

Type: Ordinariate Ordinariate

Name: Ordinariat d’Autriche de rite oriental (français) / Austriæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Special Churches

Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego w Polsce (↗)

Present Prelates

Ordinary (1995.11.06 – ...):Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (78)Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (78)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of Ordinariat d’Autriche de rite oriental (Eastern Rite)

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (78)Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (78)
(1995.11.06 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore
Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)
Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria)
Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion

Vos autem dixi amicos

Born:1945.01.22 (Skalsko, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1970.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1991.09.29
Created Cardinal:1998.02.21

Titular Bishop of Sutri (1991.07.11 – 1995.04.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1991.07.11 – 1995.04.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1995.04.13 – 1995.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1995.09.14 – ...)

Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) (1995.11.06 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore (1998.02.21 [1998.11.22] – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Austria (1998.06.30 – 2020.06.16)

Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion (2014.01.15 – ...)

Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B.
(1986.10.30 – 1995.09.14)

In verbo autem tuo

Born:1919.10.13 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1942.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1986.09.14
Created Cardinal:1988.06.28
Died:2003.03.24 (Sankt Pölten, Austria † 83)

Priest of Wien (Austria) (1942.04.12 – 1976.09.08)

Priest of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception (1976.09.08 – 1986.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1986.07.15 – 1995.09.14)

Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) (1986.10.30 – 1995.09.14)

President of Episcopal Conference of Austria (1988 – 1995)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano (1988.06.28 – 2003.03.24)

Cardinal Franz König
(1956.06.13 – 1985)

Veritate in caritate

Born:1905.08.03 (Warth, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1933.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1952.08.31
Created Cardinal:1958.12.15
Died:2004.03.13 (Wien, Austria † 98)

Titular Bishop of Livias (1952.07.03 – 1956.05.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1952.07.03 – 1956.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1956.05.10 – 1985.09.16)

Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria) (1956.06.13 – 1985)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1958.12.18 – 2004.03.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Austria (1959 – 1985)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1959.02.21 – 1969.05.07)

President of Secretariat for Non-Believers (1965.04.06 – 1980.06.27)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (1991.11.13 – 2004.03.13)

Contact Info

Address: Wollzeile 2, A-1010 Wien, Austria

Statistics

Population: 10,080 Catholics (2021)

Statistics: 1 parish, 24 missions, 79 priests (41 diocesan, 38 religious), 1 deacon, 40 religious (40 brothers), 2 seminarians (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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