Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb
Archdiocese of Zagreb Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis Zagrebačka nadbiskupija | |
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Zagreb Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Croatia |
Metropolitan | Zagreb |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,495 km2 (5,210 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,239,708 1,081,539 (87.2%) |
Parishes | 203 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1093 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary |
Patron saint | Blessed Alojzije Stepinac |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Josip Bozanić |
Auxiliary Bishops | Ivan Šaško Mijo Gorski |
Website | |
zg-nadbiskupija.hr |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb (Croatian: Zagrebačka nadbiskupija, Latin: Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb.[1] It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, and the present archbishop is Josip Bozanić.[2]
It encompasses the northwestern continental areas of Croatia.
Contents
1 Suffragan dioceses
2 Origin
3 Ordinaries
4 References
Suffragan dioceses
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci
Eparchy of Križevci (Greek-Catholic)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Varaždin
Origin
The diocese of Zagreb was founded by Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary in 1093.[citation needed] On November 11, 1852, it was elevated to the status of an archdiocese.
Ordinaries
- Bishops
Philip Türje (1247–1262)
Timothy (1263–1287)
Michael Bő (1295–1303)
Augustin Kažotić (1303–1323)
Nicholas Vásári (1349)
Nicholas Apáti (1350–1356)
Paul Horvat (1379–1386)- Thomas de Branche de Debrentha (11 October 1454 – 13 January 1463)
Nicolaus Olahus (1543–1548)
Juraj Drašković (22 March 1564 – 27 October 1578)
Nikola Stepanić Selnički (1598–1602)- Miklós Zelniczey Naprady (15 December 1600 – 1604)
- Šimun Bratulić (13 September 1604 – 1611)
- Petar Domitrović (15 July 1613 – 1629)
- Franjo Ergelski Hasanović (17 December 1629 – 1642)
Benedikt Vinković (28 April 1642 – 1643)- Martin Bogdan (1643–1647)
Petar Petretić (1648 – 3 August 1667)- Martin Borković (11 June 1668 – 31 October 1687)
- Aleksandar Ignacije Mikulić Brokunovečki (11 October 1688 – 11 May 1694)
- Stjepan Seliščević (10 January 1695 – 1 April 1703)
- Márton Brajkovićs (14 January 1704 – 4 June 1708)
- Imre Esterházy (9 September 1709 – 17 March 1727)
- Juraj Branjug (26 November 1727 – 28 April 1748)
- Franjo Klobusiczky (2 December 1748 – 20 Dec 1751)
- Franjo Thauszy (24 January 1752 – 11 January 1769)
- Ivan Krstitelj Paxy (10 September 1770 appointed – 20 December 1771)
Josip Galjuf (14 December 1772 – 3 February 1786)
Maksimilijan Vrhovac (10 March 1788 – 16 December 1827)
Aleksandar Alagović (15 March 1830 – 18 March 1837)
- Archbishops
Juraj Haulik (2 October 1837 – 11 May 1869)
Josip Mihalović (27 June 1870 – 19 February 1891)
Juraj Posilović (18 May 1894 – 26 April 1914)
Antun Bauer (26 April 1914 – 9 December 1937)
Alojzije Stepinac (7 December 1937 – 10 February 1960)
Franjo Šeper (5 March 1960 – 20 August 1969)
Franjo Kuharić (16 June 1970 – 5 July 1997)
Josip Bozanić (5 July 1997 – present)
References
^ Archdiocese of Zagreb, catholic-hierarchy.org.
^ Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb, gcatholic.org.
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