• Source: Episcopal Conference of Austria

      • The Austrian Bishops' Conference (German: Österreichische Bischofskonferenz) is the official assembly of the Roman Catholic bishops of Austria. It is the supreme authority of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria, established as a formal body under public law in 1849. Its members include the archbishops of Vienna and Salzburg, all diocesan and auxiliary bishops, as well as the abbot of immediate Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey.
      The Episcopal Conference represents the Catholic Church towards the Austrian Federal Government in all matters of legal relationships between church and state and freedom of religion. It is also the supreme ecclesiastical authority in Austria concerning Catholic canon law. The assembly is a member of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community. It also runs the official Catholic news agency Kathpress.
      The current chairman of the Bishop's Conference is Franz Lackner, the Archbishop of Salzburg.


      Legal bases


      The Conference functions in accordance with the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, in particular the Christus Dominus Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops (37/38), the 1983 Code of Canon Law (Cann. 447–459), and its own constitutions. Its legal position as a formal corporation under public law and representative body of a state-recognised religious community was confirmed by a 1933 concordat between the Holy See and the First Austrian Republic.


      Active Members




      = Conference Leadership

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      Franz Lackner O.F.M., Archbishop of Salzburg (Chairman)
      Manfred Scheuer, Bishop of Linz (Deputy Chairman)


      = Members

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      Cardinal Christoph Schönborn O.P., Archbishop of Vienna
      Alois Schwarz, Bishop of Sankt Pölten
      Werner Freistetter, Military Ordinary of Austria
      Josef Marketz, Bishop of Gurk
      Benno Elbs, Bishop of Feldkirch
      Wilhelm Krautwaschl, Bishop of Graz-Seckau
      Aegidius Zsifkovics, Bishop of Eisenstadt
      Hermann Glettler, Bishop of Innsbruck
      Franz Scharl, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna
      Stephan Turnovszky, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna
      Hansjörg Hofer, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg
      Anton Leichtfried, Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
      Vinzenz Wohlwend, O.Cist., Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey


      Chairmen


      Cardinal Theodor Innitzer (1933–1955), Archbishop of Vienna
      Archbishop Andreas Rohracher (1955–1959), Archbishop of Salzburg
      Cardinal Franz König (1959–1985), Archbishop of Vienna
      Archbishop Karl Berg, (1985–1989), Archbishop of Salzburg
      Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, O.S.B. (1989–1995), Archbishop of Vienna
      Bishop Johann Weber (1995–1998), Bishop of Graz–Seckau
      Cardinal Christoph Schönborn O.P. (1998–2020), Archbishop of Vienna
      Archbishop Franz Lackner O.F.M. (2020–present), Archbishop of Salzburg


      See also


      Catholic Church in Austria


      References




      External links


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