Diocese of Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan
Mandetrien(sis)-Dumnen(sis) seu Dalminien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Diocese of Mostar-Duvno is a Latin Church diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina, erected on 5 July 1881. Its bishop, Petar Palić, also serves as Apostolic Administrator of the united Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1881
- Latin
- Mandetrien(sis)-Dumnen(sis) seu Dalminien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002303
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,808
- Population
- 454,505
- Catholic share
- 37.6%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 2,549
- Extent
- 8,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Petar Palić
- Born
- 3 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Prishtina
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 of Mary, Mother of the Church, Mostar stands in Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan, 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 Vrhbosna (Sarajevo)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vrhbosna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of VrhbosnaVrhbosna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern Herzegovina falls under the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (Latin: Dioecesis Mandentriensis-Dulminiensis, Croatian: Mostarsko-duvanjska biskupija), a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina seated at Mostar. It came into being on 5 July 1881, when the Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina was elevated to a diocese. By number of Catholics it is the largest Catholic diocese in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].