Archdiocese of Rijeka

Fluminen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Rijeka, Croatia

The Archdiocese of Rijeka is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in western Croatia centered on Rijeka, with its cathedral dedicated to Saint Vitus. It was raised to a metropolitan see in 1969 and has the dioceses of Gospić-Senj, Krk, and Poreč-Pula as suffragans.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1920
Latin: Fluminen(sis)
Patron: Saint Vitus
Annuario code: 001002750

The see in figures

Catholics: 213,650
Population: 266,800
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 80.1%
Priests: 113
Catholics per priest: 1,891
Extent: 2,580 km²
Catholics per km²: 83

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: Mate Uzinić
Born: 17 September 1967
Birthplace: Dubrava

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

Rijeka Cathedral stands in Rijeka, 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 Rijeka

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.