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Archdiocese of Đakovo–Osijek

Diacoven(sis)-Osijeken(sis)

The Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in eastern Croatia, centered on Đakovo with a co-cathedral in Osijek. It was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2008 and has the Diocese of Požega and the Diocese of Srijem as suffragans.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2008
Latin
Diacoven(sis)-Osijeken(sis)
Patron
Saint Elijah
Annuario code
001001262

The see in figures

Catholics
546,000
Population
641,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
85.2%
Priests
255
Catholics per priest
2,141
Extent
7,752 km²
Catholics per km²
70

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

Archbishop
Đuro Hranić
Born
20 March 1961
Birthplace
Vinkovci

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 St. Peter, Đakovo stands in Đakovo–Osijek, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Osijek.

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

The province of Ecclesiastical Province of Đakovo-Osijek

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.