Ernst Maria Müller, had only a short episcopate (1885-8). In the next bishop, Franz Maria Doppelbauer (1889–1908), the diocese received a truly apostolic head, whose influence extended far beyond his own sphere of work. The present bishop is Manfred Scheuer. Churches The Gothic cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, built from the plans of the Cologne architect, Vincenz Statz, was begun in 1862 and consecrated in 1905; the tower, high, was finished in 1902. The Old Cathedral, originally the church of the Jesuits, was built in the Baroque style between 1669 and 1682. There are several old collegiate churches (St. Florian, Kremsmünster, Mondsee, Lambach, Garsten, Reichersberg, Wilhering, etc.), originally built in the Romanesque period and nearly all rebuilt in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the Baroque style. The most important churches in the Baroque style of architecture are the collegiate churches of St. Florian (1636–1745), and of Baumgartenberg (rebuilt 1684-1718). The most important buildings of the Gothic period are the parish church at Steyr (begun in 1443), with a tower high, and the church of the hospital at Braunau on the Inn (1439–92), with a tower 300 feet high. A work of sculpture celebrated in the history of art is the high altar at St. Wolfgang carved by Michael Pacher in 1481. Bishops Ordinaries Ernest Johann Nepomuk (1783–1788) Joseph Anton Gall (1789–1807) Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1809–1825) Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1827–1852) Franz-Josef Rudigier (1853–1884) Ernest Maria Müller (1885–1888) Franz Maria Doppelbauer (1889–1908) Rudolph Hittmair (1909–1915) Johannes Maria Gföllner (1915–1941) Josephus Calasanz Fließer (1946–1955) Franz Salesius Zauner (1956–1980) Maximilian Aichern (1981–2005) Ludwig Schwarz (2005–2015) Manfred Scheuer (2015– ) Coadjutor bishop Franz Sales Zauner (1949-1956) Auxiliary bishops Joseph Calasanz Fließer (Fliesser) (1941-1946), appointed Bishop here Alois Wagner (1969-1981), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Gerhard Maria Wagner (2009); did not take effect Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Michael Johann Wagner, appointed Bishop of Austria, Military in 1833 Kurt Krenn, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna} in 1987 References Linz Linz Linz Religious organizations established in 1785 Linz, Roman Catholic Diocese of