The Catholic Church in Austria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope in Rome. The Church's governing body in Austria is the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of the two archbishops (Vienna and Salzburg), the bishops and the abbot of territorial abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau. Nevertheless, each bishop is independent in his own diocese, answerable only to the Pope. The current president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops is CardinalChristoph Schönborn. The Austrian church is the largest Christian Confession of Austria, with 4.73 million members (52.0 % of the total Austrian population) in 2022.[1]
For more than 50 years, however, the proportion of Catholics has decreased, primarily due to secularization and migration (from 89% in 1961 to 52% in 2022). The number of Sunday churchgoers in 2021 was around 3.1 percent (as percentage of the total Austrian population that is 281,131 churchgoers out of a total population of 8,978,929).
The organization Call to Disobedience (Aufruf zum Ungehorsam in German) is an Austrian movement mainly composed of dissident Catholic priests which started in 2006. The movement claims the support of the majority of Austrian Catholic priests[citation needed] and favors ordination of women, married and non-celibate priesthood, allowing Holy Communion to remarried divorcees and non-Catholics which disagrees with teachings of the Catholic Magisterium. The group also believes the way the Church is governed needs reform.[5]
catholic, church, austria, part, worldwide, catholic, church, full, communion, with, pope, rome, church, governing, body, austria, austrian, conference, catholic, bishops, made, hierarchy, archbishops, vienna, salzburg, bishops, abbot, territorial, abbey, wett. The Catholic Church in Austria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope in Rome The Church s governing body in Austria is the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops made up of the hierarchy of the two archbishops Vienna and Salzburg the bishops and the abbot of territorial abbey of Wettingen Mehrerau Nevertheless each bishop is independent in his own diocese answerable only to the Pope The current president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops is Cardinal Christoph Schonborn The Austrian church is the largest Christian Confession of Austria with 4 73 million members 52 0 of the total Austrian population in 2022 1 Catholic Church in AustriaAustrian German Katholische Kirche in OsterreichSt Stephen s Cathedral Vienna TypeNational polityClassificationCatholicOrientationLatinPolityEpiscopalGovernanceEpiscopal Conference of AustriaPopePope FrancisChairmanFranz LacknerPrimas GermaniaeFranz LacknerApostolic NuncioPedro Lopez QuintanaRegionAustriaLanguageGerman LatinMembers4 733 174 52 0 2022 Official websiteEpiscopal Conference of AustriaInnsbruck CathedralFor more than 50 years however the proportion of Catholics has decreased primarily due to secularization and migration from 89 in 1961 to 52 in 2022 The number of Sunday churchgoers in 2021 was around 3 1 percent as percentage of the total Austrian population that is 281 131 churchgoers out of a total population of 8 978 929 Although Austria has no primate the archbishop of Salzburg is titled Primus Germaniae Primate of Germany Contents 1 Organisation 1 1 Ecclesiastical structure 1 2 List of Catholic organisations in Austria 2 Statistics 3 Criticism 3 1 Call to Disobedience organization 4 Notable people 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksOrganisation editMain Churches in Austria 2 1 3 year population Catholics Protestants 1951 6 933 905 6 170 084 89 0 429 493 6 2 1961 7 073 807 6 295 075 89 0 438 663 6 2 1971 7 491 526 6 548 316 87 4 447 070 6 0 1981 7 555 338 6 372 645 84 3 423 162 5 6 1991 7 795 786 6 081 454 78 0 388 709 5 0 2001 8 032 926 5 915 421 73 6 376 150 4 7 2011 8 408 121 5 403 722 64 3 319 752 3 8 2021 8 979 894 4 827 683 53 8 270 585 3 0 2022 9 106 126 4 733 174 52 0 263 627 2 9 Ecclesiastical structure edit nbsp Austrian dioceses since 1968Archdiocese of Vienna with the following suffragan dioceses Diocese of Eisenstadt Diocese of Linz Diocese of St Polten Archdiocese of Salzburg with the following suffragans Diocese of Graz Seckau Diocese of Gurk Diocese of Feldkirch Diocese of Innsbruck Territorial Abbey of Wettingen Mehrerau immediately subject to the Holy See Military Ordinariate of Austria immediately subject to the Holy See List of Catholic organisations in Austria edit Katholische Jungschar Katholische JugendStatistics edit71 of Austrian Catholics support same sex marriage and 26 oppose it 4 Criticism editCall to Disobedience organization edit Main article Call to Disobedience The organization Call to Disobedience Aufruf zum Ungehorsam in German is an Austrian movement mainly composed of dissident Catholic priests which started in 2006 The movement claims the support of the majority of Austrian Catholic priests citation needed and favors ordination of women married and non celibate priesthood allowing Holy Communion to remarried divorcees and non Catholics which disagrees with teachings of the Catholic Magisterium The group also believes the way the Church is governed needs reform 5 Notable people editMozart Emerich Coreth Leopold III Margrave of Austria Heinrich Maier important resistance fighter against Nazi terror Gregor Mendel Zacharias Traber Franz Wasner nbsp Linz CathedralSee also editApostolic Nuncio to Austria Old Catholic Church of Austria Eastern Orthodoxy in Austria Religion in Austria Freedom of religion in Austria Catholic Church by countryReferences edit a b Catholic Church Statistical Data 2003 2021 in German retrieved 11 January 2023 Austrian Population retrieved 14 February 2023 Lutheran Church Statistical Data 2022 in German retrieved 14 February 2023 How Catholics around the world see same sex marriage homosexuality Pew Research Center The Catholic Tipping PointExternal links editCatholic Church in Austria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catholic Church in Austria amp oldid 1177642477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
