attention: 1968: new survey of the town parish church 1968: survey of the first titular archbishopric of Central Europe; First titular archbishop of Lauriacum was Girolamo Prigione, former nuncio in Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. 1970: Ascent to the Basilica minor by Pope Paul VI. 1988: Visit by Pope John Paul II, who, with thousands of devotees, celebrated a worship of God at the Lorcher Basilica. Diocese of Lauriacum Lauriacum is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, and the cathedra was centered in the district of Lorch in the city of Enns. The ancient diocese may have been a somewhat structured missionary mission founded by Aquileia and moved to the Limes with the relocation of the capital of Noricum from Teurnia (in Carinthia, Diocese of Tiburnia) to Ovilava (Wels). In the turmoil of the immigration of the peoples, it was abandoned after the withdrawal of the Romans in 488, and was not replaced by the Baier and Iro-Scottish missions at the dioceses of Salzburg and Diocese of Passau). Known bishops Maximilian of Celeia (fl about 284), the first bishop according to legend Constantius of Lauriacum (5th century), head of the municipality of Enns, mentioned in Vita Severini. Girolamo Prigione Apostolic Nunctio, Apostolischer Pro-Nunctio, Apostolischer Delegat (1968–2016) Andrzej Józwowicz Apostolic Nunctio (2017–current) Lorcher fakes The so-called Lorcher counterfeits, also known as the Pilgrim Fakes were an attempt by Piligrim, of Passau, to claim the Diocese of Passau as the legitimate successor to the Diocese of Lauracum. In the basilica of St. Laurent is an oversized painting (8x5 m) dating from 1728, which the corresponding bishops call and depict according to the Lorcher falsification. See also Enns (town) References Roman towns and cities in Austria Buildings and structures in Upper Austria History of Upper Austria