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Archdiocese of Split–Makarska

Spalaten(sis)-Macarscen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Split-Makarska is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, tracing its origins to the ancient Diocese of Salona and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1969. Its suffragans include Dubrovnik, Hvar, Šibenik, and Kotor.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1969
Latin
Spalaten(sis)-Macarscen(sis)
Patron
Saint Domnius
Annuario code
001003103

The see in figures

Catholics
441,036
Population
456,029
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
96.7%
Priests
345
Catholics per priest
1,278
Extent
4,088 km²
Catholics per km²
108

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
Zdenko Križić
Born
2 February 1953
Birthplace
Johovac
Institute
CARMELITANI SCALZI (O.C.D.)

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 Domnius, Split stands in Split–Makarska, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedrals of St. Peter the Apostle (Split) and St. Mark.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Split-Makarska

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The Archdiocese of Split-Makarska (Latin: Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis; Croatian: Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija), a Latin metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia and Montenegro, traces its origins to a diocese established in the 3rd century AD, raised to an archdiocese and metropolitan see in the 10th century. The modern diocese dates to 1828, when the historical archdiocese of Salona was joined with the Diocese of Makarska; in 1969 it was again elevated as an archdiocese and metropolitan see, restoring the earlier status of the archdiocese of Split, another name by which it is known. It was also once called Spalato-Macarsca.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Nadbiskupski Ordinarijat, Poljana kneza Trpimira 7, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
Telephone
[021]407.501; fax 407.538

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

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Sources

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.