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Diocese of Poreč i Pula

Parentin(us) et Polen(sis)

The Diocese of Poreč and Pula is a Latin Church diocese on the Istrian peninsula of Croatia, with its cathedral the Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč (a World Heritage Site) and a co-cathedral in Pula. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rijeka.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1828
Latin
Parentin(us) et Polen(sis)
Patron
San Mauro (Parenzo), San Tommaso (Pola)
Annuario code
001002630

The see in figures

Catholics
169,048
Population
210,114
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
80.5%
Priests
96
Catholics per priest
1,761
Extent
2,839 km²
Catholics per km²
60

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
Ivan Štironja
Born
10 May 1960
Birthplace
Pješivac

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

Euphrasian Basilica, Poreč stands in Poreč i Pula, 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, Pula.

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:

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.