Bishops & Cardinals of Vienna
The Archbishop (Erzbischof) of Vienna is the metropolite of the Catholic province of Vienna, which includes the dioceses of Vienna, St. Pölten, Eisenstadt and Linz. Between 1469 and 1513, Vienna was spiritually managed by "administrators", bishops from other cities - usually under the influence of the Bishop of Passau (today′s Bavaria). At this time, the diocese was considered poor and insignificant.
Vienna got it′s own, locally residing bishop only after the Habsburg′s had risen to Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and could afford to develop a capital as a centre of power. Between 1861 and 1918 (the period when the overshadowing figures of the Archbishop of Salzburg and the bishop of Passau were finally "beaten"), the bishops of Vienna rose to the rank of "Prince Archbishop" (Fürsterzbischof) and had a permanent seat in the parliament.
Administrators (external)
Leo von Spaur: 1469 to 1479
Johann Beckensloer (Beckenschlager) : 1480 to 1482
Bernhard von Rohr: 1482 to 1487
Orban von Nagylucse: 1488 to 1490
Matthias Scheidt: 1490 to 1493
Johann Vitez: 1493 to 1499
Bernhard von Pollheim: 1500 to 1504
Franz Bakocz: 1504 to 1509
Johann Gosztónyi de Felsöszeleste: 1509 to 1513
Bishops of Vienna
Georg von Slatkonia: 1513 to 1522
Petrus Bonomo: 1522 to 1523
Johann von Revellis: 1523 to 1530
Johann Fabri: 1530 to 1541
Friedrich Nausea: 1541 to 1552
Christoph Wertwein: 1552 to 1553
Petrus Canisius (Administrator) : 1554 to 1555
Anton Brus von Müglitz: 1558 to 1563
Urban Sagstetter von Gurk (Administrator) : 1563 to 1568
Johann Caspar Neubeck: 1574 to 1594
Cardinal Melchior Khlesl: 1598 to 1630
Anton Wolfradt: 1631 to 1639
Philipp Friedrich Graf Breuner: 1639 to 1669
Wilderich Freiherr von Walderdorff: 1669 to 1680
Emerich Sinelli: 1681 to 1685
Ernest Graf von Trautson: 1685 to 1702
Franz Anton Graf von Harrach: 1702 to 1705
Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel: 1706 to 1716
Archbishops & Cardinals of Vienna
Cardinal Sigismund Graf von Kollonitz: 1716 to 1751
Cardinal Johann Joseph Graf von Trautson: 1751 to 1757
Cardinal Christoph Anton Graf Migazzi: 1757 to 1803
Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart: 1803 to 1820
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian: 1822 to 1831
Vincenz Eduard Milde: 1832 to 1853
Cardinal Joseph Othmar Ritter von Rauscher: 1853 to 1875
Cardinal Johann Rudolf Kutschker: 1876 to 1881
Cardinal Cölestin Joseph Ganglbauer: 1881 to 1889
Cardinal Anton Josef Gruscha: 1890 to 1911
Cardinal Franz Xaver Nagl: 1911 to 1913
Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl: 1913 to 1932
Cardinal Theodor Innitzer: 1932 to 1955
Cardinal Franz König: 1956 to 1986
Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer: 1986 to 1995
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn: since 1995
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Further Reading
Official Website of the Diocese of Vienna
Official website of the Vienna Tourist Information
On the Bishop's Palace in Vienna
Prince Archbishops of Salzburg
