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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. Nevertheless, each bishop is independent in his own diocese, answerable only to the Pope.
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).
Church tax is compulsory for Catholics in Austria. This tax was introduced into Austria by the German government in 1939 after the 1938 Anschluss (annexation of Austria into Germany). After Austria received national independence again after World War II the tax was retained in order to keep the churches independent of political powers. [3]
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."
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
Elisabeth von Ungarn), is the mother church of the Teutonic Order, [3] a German-based Roman Catholic religious order formed at the end of the 12th century. Located in Vienna, Austria, near the Stephansdom, it is the current seat of the Grand Master of the Order.
Söllandler Bauerndom, or Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Söll, Tyrol: parish church; Dom am Pyhrn, Stift Spital am Pyhrn, Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, or Church of the Assumption, on the Pyhrn Pass, Spital am Pyhrn, Upper Austria: parish church, originally the church of a hospital, later a collegiate foundation, now a museum and concert venue
The Capuchin Church (German: Kapuzinerkirche) in Vienna, Austria, is a Roman Catholic church and monastery run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.Located on the Neuer Markt square in the Innere Stadt near the Hofburg Palace, the Capuchin Church is most famous for containing the Imperial Crypt, the final resting place for members of the House of Habsburg.