Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg
Archdiocese of Salzburg Archidioecesis Salisburgensis Erzdiözese Salzburg | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Austria |
| Territory | Salzburg, Tyrol |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Salzburg |
| Metropolitan | Salzburg, Salzburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,715 km2 (3,751 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 210 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 20 April 798 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius |
| Patron saint | Saint Rupert Saint Virgil |
| Secular priests | 196 (diocesan) 97 (religious orders) 54 permanent deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Franz Lackner, O.F.M. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Hansjörg Hofer |
| Vicar General | Roland Rasser |
| Episcopal Vicars | Gottfried Laireiter |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| kirchen.net/portal | |
The Archdiocese of Salzburg (Latin: Archidioecesis Salisburgensis; Bavarian: Erzbistum Soizburg) is a Latin rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church centered in Salzburg, Austria. It is also the principal diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese of Vienna.
During the late medieval and early modern period, Archbishops of Salzburg were also prince-archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, ruling over the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, a territorially distinctive polity that existed until 1803, when it was secularized and transformed into the Electorate of Salzburg, thus relieving the archbishops of Salzburg of all temporal powers.