Archdiocese of Ljubljana
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Archdiocese of Ljubljana
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| Country | Slovenia |
| Diocesan bishop | Stane Zore OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Anton Jamnik Franc Šuštar |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Anton Stres CM |
| surface | 5,608 km² |
| Dean's offices | 17 (12/14/2008) |
| Parishes | 234 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 791,351 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 553,661 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 70% |
| Diocesan priest | 280 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 138 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,325 |
| Permanent deacons | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 176 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 315 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Slovenian |
| cathedral | sv. Nikolaja (St. Nicholas) |
| address | Čiril-Metodov trg 4 p.p. 1990 1001 Ljubljana |
| Website | lj.rkc.si |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Koper Diocese of Novo mesto |
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( lat. : Archidioecesis Labacensis ; in Slovenian. : Nadškofija Ljubljana ) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia , based in Ljubljana ( dt. : Laibach ). Together with the suffragan bishops Koper and Novo mesto , it forms the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana.
history
The Diocese of Laibach was at the suggestion of Emperor Friedrich III. Erected on December 6, 1461 by Pope Pius II . Sigismund von Lamberg was appointed the first bishop . After the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918, it was renamed the Diocese of Ljubljana . raised to the archbishopric. With the reorganization of the Diocese of Trieste (Triest-Koper) Koper was affiliated as a suffragan Ljubljana and by Pope Paul VI. the ecclesiastical province established on November 22, 1968 . Ljubljana has been the seat of a metropolitan ever since. When the Slovene Church was reorganized in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. the bishopric Novo mesto emerged through the assignment of Ljubljana , which continues to belong to the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana.
Bishops and archbishops
Auxiliary bishops
- 1639–1651 Michael Chumer (Chumberg)
- 1769–1772 Johann Karl von Herberstein , coadjutor bishop
- 1789–1793 Franc Jožef Mikolič (Mikolitsch)
- 1795–1800 Franz von Raigesfeld
- 1801-1818 Johannes Antonius Ricci
- 1929–1930 Gregorij Rožman , coadjutor bishop
- 1963–1964 Jože Pogacnik , then archbishop
- 1967–1988 Stanislav Lenic , retired
- 1983–1999 Jožef Kvas , retired
- since 2005 Anton Jamnik
