Gurk (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Günther von Krappfeld † ( 1072 Appointed - 16 Jun 1090 Died)
Hiltebold † ( 1106 Appointed - 8 Oct 1132 Died)
Roman † ( 1131 Appointed - 3 Apr 1167 Died)
Roman von Leibnitz † ( 1174 Appointed - 17 Aug 1179 Died)
Dietrich von Albeck † ( 1179 Appointed - Jan 1194 Resigned)
Wemher † ( 1194 Appointed - 21 Dec 1195 Died)
Ekkehard † ( 1196 Appointed - 23 Apr 1200 Died)
Walther von Vatz (Vaz), O.S.B. † ( 1200 Appointed - 18 Jan 1213 Died)
Otto † (Apr 1214 Appointed - 30 Jul 1214 Died)
Heinrich von Pettau † (Sep 1214 Appointed - 7 Sep 1217 Died)
Ulschalk † ( 1218 Appointed - 4 Dec 1220 Resigned)
Ulrich von Ortenburg † (15 Jan 1222 Appointed - 14 Sep 1253 Died)
Dietrich von Marburg † (Oct 1253 Appointed - 10 Nov 1278 Died)
Johann von Ennsthal † (25 May 1279 Appointed - 22 Jul 1281 Died)
Konrad † (17 Jun 1282 Appointed - 1283 Resigned)
Hartnid von Lichtenstein-Offenberg (Wildow) † (19 Jul 1283 Appointed - 28 Nov 1298 Died)
Heinrich von Helfenberg † (13 Apr 1299 Appointed - Feb 1326 Died)
Gerold von Friesach † ( 1326 Appointed - 7 Dec 1333 Died)
Lorenz von Brunne (Griming) † ( 1334 Appointed - 5 Aug 1337 Died)
Konrad von Salmansweiler † (1 Oct 1337 Appointed - Dec 1344 Died)
Ulrich von Wildhaus (Waldhausen) † ( 1344 Appointed - 26 Aug 1351 Died)
Paul von Jägerndorf (Harrach) † (24 Oct 1351 Appointed - 15 May 1359 Appointed, Bishop of Freising)
Johann von Platzheim-Lenzburg † (16 Oct 1359 Appointed - 14 Feb 1364 Appointed, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone})
Johann von Töckheim † (6 Mar 1364 Appointed - 29 Feb 1376 Died)
Johann von Mayrhofen † (Jun 1376 Appointed - 30 Jan 1402 Died)
Konrad von Hebenstreit † (21 Jul 1402 Appointed - 23 Mar 1411 Appointed, Bishop of Freising)
Ernst Auer † (23 Mar 1411 Appointed - 27 Mar 1432 Died)
Lorenz von Lichtenberg † ( 1432 Appointed - 4 Jul 1438 Appointed, Bishop of Lavant)
Johann Schallerman † (28 Jan 1433 Appointed - 1453 Resigned)
Ulrich Sonnenberger (Hinnenberger) † (5 Nov 1453 Appointed - 29 Dec 1469 Died)
Sixtus von Tannberg † (23 Apr 1470 Appointed - 12 Jan 1474 Appointed, Bishop of Freising)
Lorenz von Freiberg † (11 May 1474 Appointed - 15 Aug 1487 Died)
Raymond Pérault, O.S.A. † (21 Feb 1491 Appointed - 6 Oct 1501 Resigned)
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (6 Oct 1505 Succeeded - 11 Mar 1522 Resigned)
Jérome Balbi † (23 Feb 1523 Appointed - 25 Jun 1526 Died)
Antonio Hoyos † (25 Jun 1526 Succeeded - 1551 Died)
Johann von Schönberg † ( 1551 Appointed - 1556 Died)
Urban Sagstetter † (3 Jul 1556 Appointed - 13 Oct 1573 Died)
Christoph Andreas von Spaur † ( 1573 Appointed - 7 Feb 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone})
Johann Jakob von Lamberg † (25 Feb 1603 Appointed - 7 Feb 1630 Died)
Sebastien de Lodron † (26 Aug 1630 Confirmed - 4 Sep 1643 Died)
Franz von Lodron † (30 Sep 1643 Appointed - 30 Nov 1652 Died)
Sigmund Franz von Österreich † (25 Feb 1654 Confirmed - 28 May 1665 Resigned)
Wenzeslaus von Thun † (9 Nov 1665 Confirmed - 6 Jan 1673 Died)
Polykarp Wilhelm von Kuenburg † (24 Feb 1674 Appointed - 15 Jul 1675 Died)
Johann von Goës (Goess) † (16 Jan 1676 Confirmed - 19 Oct 1696 Died)
Otto de la Bourde † (27 Apr 1697 Confirmed - 24 Dec 1708 Died)
Jakob Maximilian von Thun und Hohenstein † (30 Aug 1709 Appointed - 26 Jul 1741 Died)
Josef Maria von Thun und Hohenstein † (14 Oct 1741 Appointed - 29 Mar 1762 Confirmed, Bishop of Passau)
Jérôme Joseph Franz de Paula Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (8 May 1762 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1772 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg † (31 Jan 1773 Confirmed - 25 Jun 1784 Confirmed, Bishop of Passau)
Franziskus Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim † (24 Jul 1784 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1822 Died)
Jakob Peregrin Paulitsch † (30 May 1824 Ordained Bishop - 5 Jan 1827 Died)
Georg Mayer † (19 Apr 1828 Confirmed - 22 Mar 1840 Died)
František Antonín (Franz Anton) Gindl † (15 Aug 1841 Confirmed - 24 Oct 1841 Died)
Adalbert Josef Lidmansky † (27 Oct 1842 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1858 Died)
Valentin Wiery † (30 Oct 1858 Appointed - 29 Dec 1880 Died)
Peter Funder † (13 May 1881 Confirmed - 2 Oct 1886 Died)
Josephus Markus (Josef) Kahn † (19 Mar 1887 Ordained Bishop - 28 Oct 1910 Resigned)
Balthasar Kaltner † (3 Nov 1910 Appointed - 25 May 1914 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Adam Hefter † (5 Feb 1915 Confirmed - 4 May 1939 Resigned)
Josef Köstner † (25 Jun 1945 Appointed - 25 Apr 1981 Retired)
Egon Kapellari (7 Dec 1981 Appointed - 14 Mar 2001 Appointed, Bishop of Graz-Seckau)
Alois Schwarz (22 May 2001 Appointed - 17 May 2018 Appointed, Bishop of Sankt Pölten)
Josef Marketz (3 Dec 2019 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
6 March 1071	Erected	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Gurk (erected)
10 February 1933	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gurk (Deanery of Tarcisinus) Diocese of Ljubljana (Parish of Fusine in Valromana)	Archdiocese of Udine
10 February 1933	Territory Added	Diocese of Ljubljana (Deaneries of Idria and Vippaeco)	Diocese of Gurk

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 430,000 500,000 86.0% 392 139 531 809 171 543 329 ap1951

1970 450,516 526,830 85.5% 320 118 438 1,028 146 574 333 ap1971

1980 461,768 537,667 85.9% 278 106 384 1,202 127 511 337 ap1981

1990 467,650 542,000 86.3% 240 88 328 1,425 10 106 437 337 ap1991

1999 443,921 564,237 78.7% 207 84 291 1,525 30 97 343 337 ap2000

2000 442,801 563,925 78.5% 203 81 284 1,559 30 91 356 337 ap2001

2001 441,287 550,590 80.1% 197 80 277 1,593 30 96 310 337 ap2002

2002 440,095 561,126 78.4% 208 79 287 1,533 39 98 312 337 ap2003

2003 438,878 559,404 78.5% 194 71 265 1,656 38 91 231 337 ap2004

2004 436,795 558,006 78.3% 194 70 264 1,654 38 90 292 337 ap2005

2006 414,699 559,621 74.1% 191 70 261 1,588 38 81 296 337 ap2007

2013 387,619 557,773 69.5% 188 55 243 1,595 49 65 244 336 ap2014

2016 381,000 557,641 68.3% 239 46 285 1,336 58 57 206 336 ap2017

2019 363,505 560,983 64.8% 198 42 240 1,514 65 50 191 336 ap2020

2021 364,300 562,230 64.8% 198 39 237 1,537 59 46 167 336 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	430,000	500,000	86.0%	392	139	531	809		171	543	329	ap1951
1970	450,516	526,830	85.5%	320	118	438	1,028		146	574	333	ap1971
1980	461,768	537,667	85.9%	278	106	384	1,202		127	511	337	ap1981
1990	467,650	542,000	86.3%	240	88	328	1,425	10	106	437	337	ap1991
1999	443,921	564,237	78.7%	207	84	291	1,525	30	97	343	337	ap2000
2000	442,801	563,925	78.5%	203	81	284	1,559	30	91	356	337	ap2001
2001	441,287	550,590	80.1%	197	80	277	1,593	30	96	310	337	ap2002
2002	440,095	561,126	78.4%	208	79	287	1,533	39	98	312	337	ap2003
2003	438,878	559,404	78.5%	194	71	265	1,656	38	91	231	337	ap2004
2004	436,795	558,006	78.3%	194	70	264	1,654	38	90	292	337	ap2005
2006	414,699	559,621	74.1%	191	70	261	1,588	38	81	296	337	ap2007
2013	387,619	557,773	69.5%	188	55	243	1,595	49	65	244	336	ap2014
2016	381,000	557,641	68.3%	239	46	285	1,336	58	57	206	336	ap2017
2019	363,505	560,983	64.8%	198	42	240	1,514	65	50	191	336	ap2020
2021	364,300	562,230	64.8%	198	39	237	1,537	59	46	167	336	ap2022