Archdiocese of Vrhbosna
Vrhbosnen(sis) seu Seraien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Vrhbosna, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, seated in Sarajevo, is the metropolitan see of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with origins as the medieval Diocese of Bosnia and elevated to an archdiocese in 1881. Its suffragans include Banja Luka, Mostar-Duvno, Trebinje-Mrkan, and Skopje. Archbishop Tomo Vukšić has led it since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1881
- Latin
- Vrhbosnen(sis) seu Seraien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000130
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 129,189
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 861
- Extent
- 22,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.8
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
- Archbishop
- Tomo Vukšić
- Born
- 9 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Studenci
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo stands in Vrhbosna, 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)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mostar–Duvno–Trebinje–MrkanMostar–Duvno–Trebinje–Mrkan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see in Sarajevo (Vrhbosna), the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (also known as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sarajevo; Croatian: Vrhbosanska nadbiskupija metropolija) is a Catholic ecclesiastical archdiocese. Its territory takes in the eastern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the whole of the Republic of North Macedonia.
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].