The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church

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 in Austria

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. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese of Vienna.

The Archbishopric of Salzburg

Archbishopric of Salzburg

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire, its territory roughly congruent with the present-day Austrian state of Salzburg....

 was a prince-bishop

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ric of the Holy Roman Empire

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 until 1803, when it was secularized as the Electorate of Salzburg

Electorate of Salzburg

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. The archdiocese was reestablished in 1818 without temporal power.

Modern Archbishops of Salzburg (1803 to date)

• Sigmund Christoph, Graf von Zeil und Trauchburg, 1812–1814 (administrator).
• Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian, 1816–1822 (administrator).
• Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber, 1823–1835.
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, 1835–1849.
• Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy
  Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy
  Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy was an Austrian Cardinal and Archbishop.He was born in Schwaz on 24 October 1806, the son of Franz Xaver von Tarnóczy and his second wife, Catherine of Sprinzenberg . He studied in Innsbruck and Salzburg and in 1829 became a priest...
  
  , 1850–1876.
• Franz de Paula Albert Eder, 1876–1890.
• Johann Evangelist Haller, 1890–1900.
• Johannes Baptist Katschthaler
  Johannes Katschthaler
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  , 1900–1914.
• Balthasar Kaltner, 1914–1918.
• Ignaz Rieder, 1918–1934.
• Sigismund Waitz, 1934–1941.
• Andreas Rohracher, 1943–1969.
• Eduard Macheiner, 1969–1972.
• Karl Berg, 1972–1988.
• Georg Eder, 1988–2002.
• Alois Kothgasser, since 2002.

Suffragan dioceses

• Feldkirch
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch
  The Diocese of Feldkirch is a diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.-History:* December 8, 1968: Established as Diocese of Feldkirch from the Diocese of Innsbruck–Feldkirch-Leadership:...
  
  
• Graz–Seckau
• Gurk
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk
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• Innsbruck
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck
  The Diocese of Innsbruck is a diocese located in the city of Innsbruck in the Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.-History:* December 11, 1925: Established as Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck – Feldkirch...
  
  

Ordinaries

• Johann von Reisberg † ( 1429 Appointed - 1441 Died)
• Friedrich Truchseß von Emmerberg † (30 Sep 1441 Appointed - 3 Apr 1452 Died)
• Sigmund von Volkersdorf † (10 Apr 1452 Appointed - 3 Nov 1461 Died)
• Burkhard von Weißpriach † (16 Nov 1461 Appointed - 16 Feb 1466 Died)
• Bernhard von Rohr † (25 Feb 1466 Appointed - 21 Mar 1487 Died)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (21 Mar 1487 Succeeded - 15 Dec 1489 Died)
• Friedrich Graf von Schaumberg † (19 Dec 1489 Appointed - 4 Oct 1494 Died)
• Sigmund von Hollenegg † (16 Oct 1494 Appointed - 3 Jul 1495 Died)
• Leonhard von Keutschach, C.R.S.A. † (7 Jul 1495 Appointed - 8 Jun 1519 Died)
• Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (8 Jun 1519 Succeeded - 30 Mar 1540 Died)
• Michael von Kuenburg † (21 Jul 1554 Appointed - 17 Nov 1560 Died)
• Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy † (28 Nov 1560 Appointed - 4 May 1586 Died)
• Georg von Kuenburg † (4 May 1586 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1587 Died)
• Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau † (2 Mar 1587 Appointed - 7 Mar 1612 Resigned)
• Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (18 Mar 1612 Appointed - 9 Oct 1619 Died)

• Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † (13 Nov 1618 Appointed - 15 Dec 1653 Died)
• Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † (3 Feb 1654 Appointed - 1 Jun 1668 Died)
• Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (30 Jul 1668 Appointed - 3 May 1687 Died)
• Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † (30 Jun 1687 Appointed - 20 Apr 1709 Died)
• Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † (20 Apr 1709 Succeeded - 18 Jul 1727 Died)
• Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian † (4 Oct 1727 Appointed - 22 Oct 1744 Died)
• Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (13 Jan 1745 Appointed - 12 Jun 1747 Died)
• Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † (10 Sep 1747 Appointed - 5 Jan 1753 Died)
• Siegmund Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach † (5 Apr 1753 Appointed - 16 Dec 1771 Died)
• Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (14 Mar 1772 Appointed - 20 May 1812 Died)
• Sigmund Christoph Graf von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg † (20 May 1812 Appointed - 7 Nov 1814 Died)
• Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber † (16 Feb 1823 Appointed - 28 Jun 1835 Died)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu von Schwarzenberg † (23 Sep 1835 Appointed - 13 Dec 1849 Appointed, Archbishop of Praha Prague
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• Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy † (24 Oct 1850 Appointed - 4 Apr 1876 Died)
• Franz de Paula Albert Eder, O.S.B. † (27 May 1876 Appointed - 10 Apr 1890 Died)
• Johann Evangelist Haller † (20 May 1890 Appointed - 5 May 1900 Died)
• Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (10 May 1900 Appointed - 27 Feb 1914 Died)
• Balthasar Kaltner † (2 Apr 1914 Appointed - 6 Jul 1918 Died)
• Ignaz Rieder † (12 Aug 1918 Appointed - 8 Oct 1934 Died)
• Sigismund Waitz † (10 Dec 1934 Appointed - 30 Oct 1941 Died)
• Andreas Rohracher † (3 Feb 1943 Appointed - 30 Jun 1969 Retired)
• Eduard Macheiner † (9 Oct 1969 Appointed - 17 Jul 1972 Died)
• Karl Berg † (26 Dec 1972 Appointed - 5 Sep 1988 Retired)
• Georg Eder (21 Dec 1988 Appointed - 23 Nov 2002 Resigned)
• Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. (27 Nov 2002 Appointed - )