Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck
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The Diocese of Innsbruck (Latin: Dioecesis Oenipontanus) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Salzburg (in western Austria) of the Catholic Church, covering the Bundesland (state) Tyrol.
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Diocese of Innsbruck Dioecesis Oenipontanus Diözese Innsbruck | |
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Location | |
Country | Austria |
Territory | Tyrol |
Ecclesiastical province | Salzburg |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Salzburg |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,845 km2 (3,801 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 570,120 378,373 (66.4%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 8, 1968 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St James |
Patron saint | Saint Peter Canisius |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Hermann Glettler |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Franz Lackner |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Innsbruck Cathedral, dedicated to Saint James, in the city of Innsbruck.
It also has four Minor basilicas : Herz-Jesu-Basilika, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Hall in Tirol; St. Michael, in Absam; Unsere Liebe Frau von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis, Immaculate Conception, in Wilten and Zisterzienserkirche, Cistercian monastery in Stams.