Diocese of Srijem
Sirmien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Srijem, Serbia
The Diocese of Srijem is a Latin Catholic diocese in Serbia, created in 2008 when the historic Diocese of Djakovo or Bosnia and Srijem was divided. It is suffragan to the Croatia-based Archdiocese of Djakovo-Osijek and is led by Bishop Fabijan Svalina.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2008
- Latin
- Sirmien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Demetrius
- Annuario code
- 001003110
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,224
- Population
- 563,241
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.7%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 952
- Extent
- 3,988 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Fabijan Svalina
- Born
- 7 November 1971
- Birthplace
- Đakovo
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 Basilica of Saint Demetrius, Sremska Mitrovica stands in Srijem, 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 Djakovo-Osijek
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Djakovo-Osijek.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Serbian part of the Syrmia region, the Diocese of Srijem (Latin: Dioecesis Sirmiensis; Croatian: Srijemska biskupija; Serbian: Сремска бискупија) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Serbia, belonging as a suffragan to the province of the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Demetrius in Sremska Mitrovica.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.