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Catholicism is the largest religion in Austria, representing 57.9% [11] of the total population in 2017. The Catholic Church's governing body in Austria is the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of the two archbishops (Vienna, Salzburg), the bishops and the abbot of territorial abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau ...
The Austrian church is the largest Christian Confession of Austria, with 4.64 million members (50.6 % of the total Austrian population) in 2023. [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 Roman Catholic Church is the predominant religion; many Catholic holidays are also government holidays. The status of religious organizations is governed by the 1874 Law on Recognition of Churches and by the 1998 Law on the Status of Religious Confessional Communities, which establishes the status of "confessional communities."
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The Catholic Church in Austria is currently composed of : two ecclesiastical provinces and 7 suffragan dioceses of the western Latin Church; an exempt military ordinate and a territorial abbey, both also Latin Rite. an ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful, Byzantine Rite
Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Austria: Parish of St. Ivan Rilski, Vienna. [8] Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria: 12 parishes, of which three are in Vienna. [9] Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch: Two parishes, in Vienna and Innsbruck. [10] Romanian Orthodox Church in Austria: Five parishes, of which one is in Vienna. [11]
Am Schöpfwerk Church; Augustinian Church, Vienna; Capuchin Church, Vienna; St. Leopold's Church, Donaufeld; Church of Mariahilf; Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus
Austrian religious leaders (5 C, 3 P) O. Religious organisations based in Austria (13 C, 2 P) R. Religious buildings and structures in Austria (9 C, 1 P) S.