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Diocese of Srijem

Sirmien(sis)

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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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.