Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg (Latin: Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese of Vienna.

Archdiocese of Salzburg Archidioecesis Salisburgensis Erzdiözese Salzburg
Salzburger Dom
Location
Country	Austria
Territory	Salzburg, Tyrol
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Salzburg
Metropolitan	Salzburg, Salzburg
Statistics
Area	9,715 km^2 (3,751 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 735,135 470,141 ( 64%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 20, 798
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius
Patron saint	Saint Rupert Saint Virgil
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Franz Lackner
Auxiliary Bishops	Andreas Laun Hansjörg Hofer
Vicar General	Hansjörg Hofer Roland Rasser (as from Sept 1st, 2017)
Episcopal Vicars	Matthäus Appesbacher
Bishops emeritus	Georg Eder (em. archbishop) Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. (em. archbishop)
Map
Website
kirchen.net/portal

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was a prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire until 1803, when it was secularized as the Electorate of Salzburg. The archdiocese was reestablished in 1818 without temporal power.

Suffragan dioceses

• Feldkirch
• Graz–Seckau
• Gurk
• Innsbruck

Episcopal Ordinaries

1000–1500

• Gebhard † (1060 Appointed – 15 Jun 1088 Died)
• Thiemo von Formbach, O.S.B. † (1090 Appointed – 1101 Died)
• Konrad von Abensberg † (7 Jan 1106 Appointed – 9 Apr 1147 Died)
• Eberhard von Biburg, O.S.B. † (1147 Appointed – 22 Jun 1164 Died)
• Konrad von Babenberg † (29 Jun 1164 Appointed – 28 Sep 1168 Died)
• Eberhard von Regensburg † (20 Apr 1200 Appointed – 1 Dec 1246 Died)
• Frederic Walchen † (1273 Appointed – 7 Apr 1284 Died)
• Gregor Schenk von Osterwitz † (6 Jun 1396 Appointed – 9 May 1403 Died)
• Berthold von Wehingen † (6 Feb 1404 Appointed – 13 Jan 1406 Resigned)
• Eberhard von Neuhaus † (13 Jan 1406 Confirmed – 18 Jan 1427 Died)
• Eberard von Starhemberg † (11 Apr 1427 Confirmed – 9 Feb 1429 Died)
• Johann von Reisberg † (1429 Elected – 1441 Died)
• Friedrich Truchseß von Emmerberg † (30 Sep 1441 Elected – 3 Apr 1452 Died)
• Sigmund von Volkersdorf † (10 Apr 1452 Elected – 3 Nov 1461 Died)
• Burkhard von Weißpriach † (16 Nov 1461 Elected – 16 Feb 1466 Died)
• Bernhard von Rohr † (25 Feb 1466 Elected – 21 Mar 1487 Died)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (21 Mar 1487 Succeeded – 15 Dec 1489 Died)
• Friedrich Graf von Schaumberg † (19 Dec 1489 Elected – 4 Oct 1494 Died)
• Sigmund von Hollenegg † (16 Oct 1494 Elected – 3 Jul 1495 Died)

1500–1800

• Leonhard von Keutschach, C.R.S.A. † (7 Jul 1495 Elected – 8 Jun 1519 Died)
• Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (8 Jun 1519 Succeeded – 30 Mar 1540 Died)
• Michael von Kuenburg † (21 Jul 1554 Elected – 17 Nov 1560 Died)
• Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy † (28 Nov 1560 Elected – 4 May 1586 Died)
• Georg von Kuenburg † (4 May 1586 Succeeded – 25 Jan 1587 Died)
• Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau † (2 Mar 1587 Elected – 7 Mar 1612 Resigned)
• Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (18 Mar 1612 Elected – 9 Oct 1619 Died)

Salzburg, "Rome of the North"

• Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † (13 Nov 1618 Elected – 15 Dec 1653 Died)
• Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † (3 Feb 1654 Elected – 1 Jun 1668 Died)
• Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (30 Jul 1668 Elected – 3 May 1687 Died)
• Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † (30 Jun 1687 Elected – 20 Apr 1709 Died)
• Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † (20 Apr 1709 Succeeded – 18 Jul 1727 Died)
• Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian † (4 Oct 1727 Elected – 22 Oct 1744 Died)
• Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (13 Jan 1745 Elected – 12 Jun 1747 Died)
• Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † (10 Sep 1747 Elected – 5 Jan 1753 Died)
• Sigismund Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach † (5 Apr 1753 Elected – 16 Dec 1771 Died)
• Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (14 Mar 1772 Elected – 20 May 1812 Died)

1800–Present

• Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber † (17 Nov 1823 Confirmed – 28 Jun 1835 Died)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg † (1 Feb 1836 Confirmed – 20 May 1850 Confirmed)
• Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy † (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed – 4 Apr 1876 Died)
• Franz de Paula Albert Eder, O.S.B. † (29 Sep 1876 Confirmed – 10 Apr 1890 Died)
• Johann Evangelist Haller † (26 Jun 1890 Confirmed – 5 May 1900 Died)
• Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (17 Dec 1900 Confirmed – 27 Feb 1914 Died)
• Balthasar Kaltner † (25 May 1914 Confirmed – 8 Jul 1918 Died)
• Ignaz Rieder † (7 Oct 1918 Confirmed – 8 Oct 1934 Died)
• Sigismund Waitz † (17 Dec 1934 Confirmed – 30 Oct 1941 Died)
• Andreas Rohracher † (1 May 1943 Confirmed – 30 Jun 1969 Retired)
• Eduard Macheiner † (18 Oct 1969 Confirmed – 17 Jul 1972 Died)
• Karl Berg † (9 Jan 1973 Confirmed – 5 Sep 1988 Retired)

Archbishop Franz Lackner OFM

• Georg Eder † (17 Jan 1989 Confirmed – 23 Nov 2002 Resigned)
• Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. (27 Nov 2002 Appointed – 4 Nov 2013 Retired)
• Franz Lackner, O.F.M. (18 Nov 2013 Appointed – Present)

References

• "Archdiocese of Salzburg". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.