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Diocese of Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan

Mandetrien(sis)-Dumnen(sis) seu Dalminien(sis)

The Diocese of Mostar-Duvno is a Latin Church diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina, erected on 5 July 1881. Its bishop, Petar Palić, also serves as Apostolic Administrator of the united Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1881
Latin
Mandetrien(sis)-Dumnen(sis) seu Dalminien(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001002303

The see in figures

Catholics
170,808
Population
454,505
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
37.6%
Priests
67
Catholics per priest
2,549
Extent
8,368 km²
Catholics per km²
20

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Petar Palić
Born
3 July 1972
Birthplace
Prishtina

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Mary, Mother of the Church, Mostar stands in Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo)

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Northern Herzegovina falls under the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (Latin: Dioecesis Mandentriensis-Dulminiensis, Croatian: Mostarsko-duvanjska biskupija), a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina seated at Mostar. It came into being on 5 July 1881, when the Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina was elevated to a diocese. By number of Catholics it is the largest Catholic diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.