Diocese of Požega
Posegan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Požega, Croatia
The Diocese of Požega is a Latin Church diocese in the Slavonia region of Croatia, erected in 1997 from territory of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 July 1997
- Latin
- Posegan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Lawrence
- Annuario code
- 001002660
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 254,937
- Population
- 286,285
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.1%
- Priests
- 119
- Catholics per priest
- 2,142
- Extent
- 6,931 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Ivo Martinović
- Born
- 28 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Županja
- Institute
- TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DI S. FRANCESCO (T.O.R.)
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. Theresa of Ávila, Požega stands in Požega, 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Đakovo-Osijek
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Đakovo–OsijekĐakovo–Osijek
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.