Wolfgang Haas

The Most Reverend Wolfgang Haas
Archbishop of Vaduz
See	Vaduz
Installed	2 December 1997
Predecessor	none
Successor	incumbent
Other posts	Bishop of Chur (1990–1997)
Orders
Ordination	7 April 1974
Consecration	22 May 1988 by Johannes Vonderach
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-07) 7 August 1948 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Motto	Marie Duce Obviam Christo
Coat of arms

Styles of Wolfgang Haas
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	none

Wolfgang Haas (born 7 August 1948 in Vaduz) is the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vaduz in Liechtenstein. He was ordained a priest as well as incardinated in Chur on 7 April 1974. At the request of the bishop of Chur Johannes Vonderach, Haas was appointed to the position of coadjutor bishop of Chur on 25 March 1988.

On 22 May 1990 Haas then became bishop of Chur. On 2 December 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed him to archbishop of the newly created Archdiocese of Vaduz. Haas is known for his friendly relations with and his support for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.

Hass was appointed bishop of Chur by Pope John Paul II who bypassed the traditional right of the senior clergy of Chur to choose their own candidate who would receive the approval of Rome. The candidates chosen by the diocesan clergy were not considered suitable because of opinions that were not traditional Catholic teaching. From the beginning his appointment was rejected by clergy and laity of the diocese with some of them trying to block his entry into the cathedral. From the beginning Bishop Hass did not get on well with clergy in the diocese and faced a lot of opposition.^[1] In 1997 Pope John Paul created the Archdiocese of Vaduz and appointed Hass the first archbishop. Since Hass' appointment there has been a steady increase in the number of Catholics and clergy in Liechtenstein.^{[2] [3]}