Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

The Diocese of Feldkirch (Dioecesis Campitemplensis) 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 (Tyrolean and thus Austrian) Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the Holy Roman Empire
 * came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature (1921), later (1964) Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
 * 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

Bishops of Feldkirch

 * Bruno Wechner (9 December 1968 – 21 January 1989)
 * Klaus Küng (21 January 1989 – 7 October 2004)
 * Elmar Fischer (24 May 2005 – 15 November 2011)
 * Benno Elbs (since 8 May 2013)