Diocese of Linz, Austria 🇦🇹

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Linz / Lincien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Wien

Neighbouring Dioceses: Salzburg (↙), München und Freising (←), Passau (↖), České Budějovice (↑), Sankt Pölten (→), Graz–Seckau (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Hl. Florian und die Märtyrer von Lorch (May 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 29

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1785.01.28: Established as Diocese of Linz / Lincien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passau and became suffragan of Wien)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1988.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.18 – ...):

Bishop Manfred Scheuer (70)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Austria

Ordinaries

Bishops of Linz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manfred Scheuer (70)
(2015.11.18 – ...)

Bishop of Linz (Austria)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Austria

SPIRITUS VIVIFICAT

Born:	1955.08.10 (Haibach ob der Donau, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1980.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.12.14

Priest of Linz (Austria) (1980.10.10 – 2003.10.21)

Bishop of Innsbruck (Austria) (2003.10.21 – 2015.11.18)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (2015.11.18 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Austria (2020.06.16 – ...)

Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. (85)
(2005.07.06 – 2015.11.18)

Bishop emeritus of Linz (Austria)

Servite Domino in lætitia

Born:	1940.06.04 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.11.25

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (2001.10.15 – 2005.07.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (2001.10.15 – 2005.07.06)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (2005.07.06 – 2015.11.18)

Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.
(1981.12.15 – 2005.05.18)

In caritate servire

Born:	1932.12.26 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.17
Died:	2026.01.31 (Linz, Austria † 93)

President of Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception (1978 – 1981.12.15)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1981.12.15 – 2005.05.18)

Bishop Franz Sales Zauner
(1956.01.01 – 1980.08.15)

Omnia Christo

Born:	1904.12.11 (Grieskirchen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1931.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.08.15
Died:	1994.02.20 (Linz, Austria † 89)

Titular Bishop of Fata (1949.06.22 – 1956.01.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1949.06.22 – 1956.01.01)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1956.01.01 – 1980.08.15)

Bishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer
(1946.05.11 – 1956.01.01)

Vince in bono malum

Born:	1896.07.28 (Perg, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1919.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.05.11
Died:	1960.06.12 (Linz, Austria † 63)

Titular Bishop of Gargara (1941.03.19 – 1946.05.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1941.03.19 – 1946.05.11)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1946.05.11 – 1956.01.01)

Titular Bishop of Binda (1956.01.01 – 1960.06.12)

Bishop Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner
(1915.08.19 – 1941.06.03)

Hæc est victoria quæ mundum vincit: fides nostra

Born:	1867.12.17 (Waizenkirchen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1893.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.10.18
Died:	1941.06.03 (Linz, Austria † 73)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1915.07.16] 1915.08.19 – 1941.06.03)

Bishop Rudolf Hittmair
(1909.04.14 – 1915.03.05)

Born:	1859.07.24 (Mattighofen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1888.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.05.01
Died:	1915.03.05 (Linz, Austria † 55)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1909.03.17] 1909.04.14 – 1915.03.05)

Bishop Franz von Sales Maria Doppelbauer
(1889.02.11 – 1908.12.02)

Born:	1845.01.21 (Waitzenkirchen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1868.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.03.10
Died:	1908.12.02 (Linz, Austria † 63)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1888.12.17] 1889.02.11 – 1908.12.02)

Bishop Ernest Maria Müller
(1885.03.27 – 1888.09.28)

Born:	1822.06.30 (Irritz, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	1846.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.04.26
Died:	1888.09.28 (Linz, Austria † 66)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1885.02.17] 1885.03.27 – 1888.09.28)

Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier
(1853.03.10 – 1884.11.29)

Born:	1811.04.07 (Partenen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1835.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.06.05
Died:	1884.11.29 (Linz, Austria † 73)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1852.12.19] 1853.03.10 – 1884.11.29)

Bishop Gregorius Thomas Ziegler, O.S.B.
(1827.06.25 – 1852.04.15)

Born:	1770.03.07 (Kirchheim in Schwaben, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1793.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1822.06.29
Died:	1852.04.15 (Linz, Austria † 82)

Bishop of Tyniec (Poland) (1822.02.05 – 1826.04.23)

Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1826.04.23 – 1827.06.25)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1827.04.13] 1827.06.25 – 1852.04.15)

Bishop Sigismund Ernst Graf von Hohenwart, O.E.S.A.
(1814.12.19 – 1825.04.22)

Born:	1745.06.07 (Celje, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1768.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1815.05.07
Died:	1825.04.22 (Linz, Austria † 79)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1814.12.19 – 1825.04.22)

Bishop Joseph Anton Gall
(1788.12.15 – 1807.06.18)

Born:	1748.03.27 (Weil der Stadt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1772.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1789.02.08
Died:	1807.06.18 (Linz, Austria † 59)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1788.05.09] 1788.12.15 – 1807.06.18)

Bishop Ernest Johann Nepomuk Reichsgraf von Herberstein
(1785.02.14 – 1788.03.17)

Born:	1731.04.20 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1754.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1767.03.08
Died:	1788.03.17 (Linz, Austria † 56)

Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1767.02.16 – 1785.02.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1767.02.16 – 1785.02.14)

Bishop of Linz (Austria) ([1785.01.01] 1785.02.14 – 1788.03.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Franz Sales Zauner (1949.06.22 – 1956.01.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Gerhard Maria Wagner (2009.01.31 – 2009.03.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alois Wagner (later Archbishop) (1969.09.01 – 1981.10.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Calasanz Fließer (1941.03.19 – 1946.05.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Dom Maria Empfängnis (Neuer Dom), Linz, Oberösterreich
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilika Sankt Laurenz, Enns-Lorch, Oberösterreich
Former Cathedral: Dom Sankt Ignatius (Alter Dom), Linz, Oberösterreich
Minor Basilica: Basilika Sieben Schmerzen Mariae, Linz-Pöstlingberg, Oberösterreich
Minor Basilica: Basilika St. Michael, Mondsee, Oberösterreich
Minor Basilica: Stiftsbasilika St. Florian, Sankt Florian, Oberösterreich
Minor Basilica: Wallfahrtskirche Maria Puchheim in Attnang, Attnang-Puchheim, Oberösterreich
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Salzburg (↙), München und Freising (←), Passau (↖), České Budějovice (↑), Sankt Pölten (→), Graz–Seckau (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,909 km²

Population: 931,760 Catholics (61.1% of 1,526,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 473 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 498 priests (286 diocesan, 212 religious), 150 deacons, 834 religious (255 brothers, 579 sisters), 5 seminarians