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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

Special churches

Minor Basilicas: Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

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)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

See also

Roman Catholicism in Austria

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website

Roman Catholic dioceses in Austria

Christian organizations established in 1968

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

Feldkirch, Roman Catholic Diocese of