Diocese of Subotica

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Diocese of Subotica
Map of the Diocese of Subotica
Basic data
Country Serbia
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Belgrade
Diocesan bishop János Pénzes
Vicar General Slavko Večerin
surface 8,712 km²
Parishes 114 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Residents 1,025,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Catholics 289,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
proportion of 28.2%
Diocesan priest 106 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Religious priest 9 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Catholics per priest 2,513
Permanent deacons 9 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Friars 11 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
Religious sisters 61 (December 31, 2011 / AP2013 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Hungarian , Croatian
cathedral Saint Theresa of Ávila
Website www.suboticka-biskupija.info
Ecclesiastical province
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The Bistum Subotica ( lat. : Dioecesis Suboticanus ) is in Serbia preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Subotica .

history

The Diocese of Subotica was founded on February 10, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. established as the Apostolic Administration of Yugoslavia . On January 25, 1968, the Apostolic Administration of Yugoslavia by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Praeclarissima Pauli . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Belgrade as a suffragan .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators of Yugoslavia

Bishops of Subotica

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Praeclarissima Pauli , AAS 60 (1968), n.6, p. 321f.
Cathedral of Saint Theresa of Avila