Vaduz Cathedral

Vaduz Cathedral Kathedrale St. Florin in Vaduz (German)
North side
Basic information
Location	Vaduz
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman
Year consecrated	1873
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Leadership	Archbishop Wolfgang Haas
Website	www.erzbistum-vaduz.li
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Friedrich von Schmidt
Architectural type	Cathedral
Architectural style	High Gothic
Direction of façade	West
Groundbreaking	1869
Completed	1874
Specifications

Vaduz Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Florin (German: St. Florinskirche in Vaduz or Kathedrale St. Florin), is a neo-Gothic church in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vaduz. Originally a parish church, it has held the status of cathedral since 1997.

It was built in 1874 by Friedrich von Schmidt on the site of earlier medieval foundations. Its patron saint is Florinus of Remüs (Florin), a 9th-century saint of the Vinschgau Valley.

The Archdiocese of Vaduz was erected by Pope John Paul II in the apostolic constitution Ad satius consulendum 2 December 1997. Before then it had been the Liechtenstein Deanery, a part of the Swiss Diocese of Chur. The solemn public ceremony took place on December 12, 1997, in the parish church of Vaduz, which was then raised to the dignity of a cathedral.

Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Georgina von Wilczek were both buried in the cathedral in 1989. Elisabeth von Gutmann was buried there too.

Other burials

• Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein (in the Fürstliche Gruft)
• Princess Elisabeth of Urach (also in the Fürstliche Gruft)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Liechtenstein

External links

• (German) Pfarrei St. Florin auf der Internetpräsenz des Erzbistums Vaduz
• (German) Kirche St. Florin auf der Internetpräsenz der Gemeinde Vaduz