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%) |
Information | |
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 |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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.
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.