Bishopric of Šibenik

Bishopric of Šibenik
Basic data
Country	Croatia
Metropolitan bishopric	Split-Makarska Archdiocese
Diocesan bishop	Tomislav Rogic
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Ante Ivas
founding	13th Century
surface	3,246 km²
Parishes	85 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents	113,464 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics	96,980 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of	85.5%
Diocesan priest	39 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest	48 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest	1,115
Friars	49 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters	88 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Croatian
cathedral	Saint Jacob
Website	www.sibenska-biskupija.hr

The diocese of Šibenik ( Croatian Šibenska biskupija ; Latin Dioecesis Sebenicensis or Dioecesis Sibenicensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia . As a suffragan it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska . Currently Tomislav Rogić is the Bishop of Šibenik .

history

St. James Cathedral (Šibenik)

The first written document about the town of Šibenik comes from the year 1066. It not only tells about the town of Šibenik, but also about the Croatian King Petar Krešimir IV and the Monastery of Our Lady in Zadar . Pope Boniface VIII had the diocese of Šibenik built in 1298. Martin Rabljan became the first bishop of the diocese .

The following dioceses were attached to the Diocese of Šibenik in 1828: the Diocese of Trogir , the Diocese of Knin and the Diocese of Skradin .

The current Šibenik Cathedral was built for exactly 105 years (1431–1536). The church building was consecrated in 1555 .

Pope Leo XIII. elevated the Šibenik Cathedral to a basilica in 1895 . It is the largest architectural monument from the Renaissance period in Croatia.

On June 21, 1970 Nikola Tavelić , a Franciscan priest and a son of the city of Šibenik, was by Pope Paul VI. canonized. Another important Franciscan and son of the city was Ante Antić . His beatification and canonization is currently pending in the Holy See .

See also

• List of the Bishops of Šibenik

literature

• The wounded church in Croatia. The destruction of the sacred building heritage in Croatia 1991–1995. Edited by the Croatian Bishops' Conference a. a. Zagreb 1996, ISBN 953-6525-02-X .
• Cölestin Wolfsgrüber:  Sebenico . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 13, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.

Web links

• official website (Croatian)
• History of the Diocese of Šibenik on the pages of the Croatian Bishops' Conference (Croatian)
• Entry for the Bishopric of Šibenik on catholic-hierarchy.org