Diocese of Innsbruck Dioecesis Oenipontanus Diözese Innsbruck | |
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Location | |
Country | Austria |
Territory | Tyrol |
Ecclesiastical province | Salzburg |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Salzburg |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,845 km2 (3,801 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 570,120 378,373 (66.4%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 8, 1968 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St James |
Patron saint | Saint Peter Canisius |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Hermann Glettler |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Franz Lackner |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Innsbruck ( Latin: Dioecesis Oenipontanus) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Salzburg (in western Austria) of the Catholic Church, covering the Bundesland (state) Tyrol.
Its
cathedral episcopal see is the
Innsbruck Cathedral, dedicated to
Saint James, in the city of
Innsbruck.
It also has four
Minor basilicas : Herz-Jesu-Basilika, dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, in
Hall in Tirol; St. Michael, in
Absam; Unsere Liebe Frau von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis, Immaculate Conception, in
Wilten and Zisterzienserkirche, Cistercian monastery in
Stams.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 395,490 Catholics (72.8% of 543,173 total) on 9,845 km2 in 243 parishes and 49 missions with 344 priests (193 diocesan, 151 religious), 64 deacons, 803 lay religious (246 brothers, 557 sisters) and 6 seminarians.
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