Diocese of Feldkirch
The Diocese of Feldkirch is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.
History
- until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the Catholic Church: Constance, Augsburg
- then attached to the Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the Holy [Roman Empire]
- came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature, later Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
- 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- * Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg