Catholic Church in Austria 🇦🇹

By Type (12)

By Rite

Roman Rite (11): Eisenstadt, Feldkirch, Graz–Seckau, Gurk, Innsbruck, Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich, Linz, Salzburg, Sankt Pölten, Wettingen-Mehrerau, Wien

Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariat d’Autriche de rite oriental

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Apostolic Nunciature: Austria

Holy See Representation: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Holy See Representation: United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna (UNOV)

Holy See Representation: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Holy See Representation: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Holy See Representation: Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Conference of Bishops: Österreichische Bischofskonferenz

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

Capital: Vienna

Area: 82,445 km²

Population: 8,754,413

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Italy , ← Liechtenstein , ← Switzerland , ↖ Germany , ↑ Czechia , ↗ Slovakia , → Hungary , ↓ Slovenia

Cultural Summary

Religions: Catholic 73.8% (includes Roman Catholic 73.6%, other Catholic 0.2%), Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8% (includes other Christian), none 12%, unspecified 2%

Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in South Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3%

Ethnic Groups: Austrian 84.2%, German 2.1% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Serbian 1.4%, Turkish 1.3%, Romanian 1.2%, Bosnian or Herzegovinian 1.1%, other 10.8%