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Suffragan diocese Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Diocese of Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan

Mandetrien(sis)-Dumnen(sis) seu Dalminien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1881
Catholics
170,808
Priests
67
Territory
8,368 km²

Parishes and churches

78 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Petar Palić
Born
3 July 1972
Birthplace
Prishtina

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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.

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.