Military Ordinariate of Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich, Austria

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich (Deutsch) / Republic of Austria (English)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1959.02.21: Established as Military Vicariate of Austria
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich (Deutsch) / Republic of Austria (English)

Contact Info

Address: Militärseelsorgehaus, Stranzenberggasse, 9 B, A-1130 Wien, Austria

Phone: 01 513.25.80.80

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary (2015.04.16 – ...):

Bishop Werner Freistetter (71)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Katholische Militärseelsorge Österreich (Roman Rite)

Bishop Werner Freistetter (71)
(2015.04.16 – ...)

Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria)

Religio et pax

Born:	1953.10.28 (Linz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1979.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.06.11

Priest of Wien (Austria) (1979.10.09 – 2015.04.16)

Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria) (2015.04.16 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gurk (Austria) (2019.06.28 – 2019.12.03)

Bishop Christian Werner (81)
(1994.02.22 – 2015.04.16)

Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt
Military Ordinary emeritus of Austria (Austria)

Christus pax nostra

Born:	1943.12.27 (Gogolin Slaski, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.02.02

Priest of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1977.06.29 – 1992.01.09)

Coadjutor Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria) (1992.01.09 – 1994.02.22)

Titular Bishop of Eca (1992.01.09 – 1997.10.11)

Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria) (1994.02.22 – 2015.04.16)

Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (1997.10.11 – ...)

Bishop Alfred Kostelecky
(1986.11.12 – 1994.02.22)

Pax et justitia

Born:	1920.05.15 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.12.14
Died:	1994.02.22 († 73)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Austria (1977 – 1994.02.22)

Titular Bishop of Aggar (1986.11.12 – 1990.02.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1986.11.12 – 1990.02.10)

Military Ordinary of Austria (Austria) (1986.11.12 – 1994.02.22)

Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (1990.02.10 – 1994.02.22)

Military Vicars of Austria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franz Žak
(1969.05.08 – 1985.09.27)

Juste pie fortiter

Born:	1917.06.30 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.12.30
Died:	2004.01.28 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1956.12.04 – 1961.10.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1956.12.04 – 1961.10.01)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1961.10.01 – 1991.07.11)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1969.05.08 – 1985.09.27)

Cardinal Franz König
(1959.02.21 – 1969.05.07)

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)

Bishop Emmerich Bjelik
(1913.01.08 – 1918.11.11)

Born:	1860.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.02.22
Died:	1927.05.09 († 66)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1913.01.08 – 1918.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Thasus (1913.01.08 – 1927.05.09)

Bishop Koloman Belepotoczky
(1890.07.22 – 1911.06.01)

Born:	1845.02.06 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1868.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.10.05
Died:	1914.12.15 († 69)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1890.07.22 – 1911.06.01)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1890.07.22 – 1914.12.15)

Bishop Dominik Mayer
(1863.10.01 – 1875.05.04)

Born:	1809.01.08
Ordained Priest:	1834.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1863.12.13
Died:	1875.05.04 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Cisamus (1863.10.01 – 1875.05.04)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1863.10.01 – 1875.05.04)

Bishop Johann Michael Leonhard
(1835.11.19 – 1863.01.19)

Born:	1782.09.23
Ordained Priest:	1806.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.01.11
Died:	1863.01.19 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Alalis (1828.12.15 – 1835.04.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1828.12.15 – 1835.04.06)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) ([1835.02.20] 1835.04.06 – 1835.11.19)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1835.11.19 – 1863.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis (1836.02.01 – 1863.01.19)

Bishop Joseph Chrysostomus Pauer
(1815.04.24 – 1826.12.19)

Born:	1756.06.29 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1779.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.08.02
Died:	1826.12.19 († 70)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1815.04.24 – 1826.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Dulma (1818.05.25 – 1824.05.03)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) ([1823.11.10] 1824.05.03 – 1826.12.19)

Bishop Godfried Joseph Crüts van Creits
(1803.07.28 – 1815.04.05)

Born:	1757.03.11 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1784.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1806.10.05
Died:	1815.04.05 († 58)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1803.07.28 – 1815.04.05)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) ([1806.03.14] 1806.08.28 – 1815.04.05)

Bishop Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J.
(1773.11.06 – 1792.11.26)

Pande et mande

Born:	1725.05.22 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1751.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1770.01.21
Died:	1792.11.26 († 67)

Bishop of Roermond (Netherlands) ([1769.07.17] 1769.08.26 – 1775.04.03)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1773.11.06 – 1792.11.26)

Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1773.11.06] 1775.04.03 – 1785.02.14)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) (1785.02.14 – 1792.11.26)

Bishop Ferdinand Michael Cyriakus Graf von Hallweil
(1773 – 1773.06.06)

Born:	1706.08.09 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1729.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1741.06.18
Died:	1773.06.06 († 66)

Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (Austria) ([1741.03.04] 1741.05.29 – 1773.06.06)

Military Vicar of Austria (Austria) (1773 – 1773.06.06)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Military Ordinary: Bishop Christian Werner (81) (1992.01.09 – 1994.02.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Kathedrale St. Georg, Wiener Neustadt, Niederösterreich

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 12 priests (8 diocesan, 4 religious), 3 deacons, 4 religious (4 brothers)