Diocese of Gospić–Senj
Gospicien(sis)-Senien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gospić–Senj, Croatia
The Diocese of Gospić-Senj is a Latin Church diocese in the Lika region of Croatia, erected in 2000 with seats in Gospić and Senj. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rijeka.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2000
- Latin
- Gospicien(sis)-Senien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint James Major
- Annuario code
- 001001508
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 66,172
- Population
- 78,747
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 1,297
- Extent
- 8,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.1
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
- Marko Medo
- Born
- 10 March 1972
- Birthplace
- Strupnić
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 the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gospić stands in Gospić–Senj, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Senj.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rijeka.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KrkKrk
- Diocese of Poreč i PulaPoreč i Pula
- Archdiocese of RijekaRijeka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.