Archdiocese of Zadar
Iadren(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Zadar, Croatia
The Archdiocese of Zadar is a Latin Church archdiocese on the Croatian Adriatic coast, made an archdiocese by Pope Anastasius IV in 1154. It is the only Croatian archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Milan Zgrablić has been archbishop since January 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1154
- Latin
- Iadren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anastasia of Sirmium
- Annuario code
- 001000224
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 151,215
- Population
- 167,335
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.4%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 1,964
- Extent
- 3,009 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Milan Zgrablić
- Born
- 29 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Pazin
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. Anastasia, Zadar stands in Zadar, 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.
History
Established as a diocese in the 3rd century AD and raised to an archdiocese by the Pope Anastasius IV in 1154, the Archdiocese of Zadar (Latin: Archidioecesis Iadrensis; Croatian: Zadarska nadbiskupija) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic church in Croatia. As of 2025 it stands outside every Croatian ecclesiastical province, the only Croatian archdiocese directly subject to the Holy See.
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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.