Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck

Diocese of Innsbruck

Dioecesis Oenipontanus

Diözese Innsbruck
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Innsbruck
Coat of arms
Location
Country Austria
TerritoryTyrol
Ecclesiastical provinceSalzburg
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Salzburg
Statistics
Area9,845 km2 (3,801 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
570,120
378,373 (66.4%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 8, 1968
CathedralCathedral of St James
Patron saintSaint Peter Canisius
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopHermann Glettler
Metropolitan ArchbishopFranz 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.