Diocese of Skopje
Scopien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Skopje, North Macedonia
The Diocese of Skopje is a Latin Church diocese in North Macedonia, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna since 2000. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Skopje, and it is led by Bishop Kiro Stojanov.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1924
- Latin
- Scopien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003076
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,662
- Population
- 2,350,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 1,221
- Extent
- 30,010 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Kiro Stojanov
- Born
- 9 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Radovo
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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Skopje, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral in Bitola.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Vrhbosna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Banja LukaBanja Luka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in North Macedonia, the Diocese of Skopje (Macedonian: Скопска бискупија, romanized: Skopska biskupija) traces a long and layered history. From the 4th century until 1656, when it took the name Archdiocese of Skopje, it was known as the Archdiocese of Dardania. In 1969 it was joined with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren to form the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren, and in 2000 it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna. Its bishop is Kiro Stojanov, appointed in 2005.
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