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Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt Dioecesis Gurcensis Diözese Gurk-Klagenfurt Krška škofija | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Austria |
| Territory | Carinthia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Salzburg |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Salzburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,533 km2 (3,681 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 560,983 363,505 (64.8%) |
| Parishes | 336 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 6, 1071 |
| Cathedral | Dom Sankt Peter und Paul, Klagenfurt |
| Co-cathedral | Dom Maria Himmelfahrt, Gurk, Carinthia |
| Patron saint | Saint Hemma John the Baptist |
| Secular priests | 188 (diocesan) 55 (Religious Orders) 49 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Josef Marketz |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Franz Lackner |
| Apostolic Administrator | Werner Freistetter |
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The Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt (German: Diözese Gurk-Klagenfurt, Slovene: Krška škofija) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church covering the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Though named after Gurk Cathedral, the bishop's see since 1787 has been in Klagenfurt.
Due to the presence of Carinthian Slovenes, the organizational structures of the diocese are bilingual. The Slovene language is, together with German, the language of church services in 69 southern parishes of the diocese.