Diocese of Bjelovar–Križevci
Bellovarien(sis)-Crisien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bjelovar–Križevci, Croatia
The Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci is a Latin Church diocese in north-central Croatia, erected in 2009 from territory of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. Its cathedral is in Bjelovar and its co-cathedral of the Holy Cross is in Križevci.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2009
- Latin
- Bellovarien(sis)-Crisien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Teresa of Ávila
- Annuario code
- 001000909
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 174,700
- Population
- 189,068
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.4%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 2,569
- Extent
- 3,741 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Vjekoslav Huzjak
- Born
- 25 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Jalžabet
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 Saint Teresa of Avila, Bjelovar stands in Bjelovar–Križevci, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedral of the Holy Cross, Križevci.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ecclesiastical Province of Zagreb
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zagreb.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.