Metropolitan see Vrhbosna, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Archdiocese of Vrhbosna
Vrhbosnen(sis) seu Seraien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1881
- Catholics
- 129,189
- Priests
- 150
- Territory
- 22,400 km²
Parishes and churches
152 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Presvetoga Srca IsusovaSarajevo · CathedralView parish
- Bezgrješnog začeća Blažene Djevice MarijeZenicaView parish
- Bezgrješnog začeća Blažene Djevice MarijeVijakaView parish
- bl. Alojzija StepincaOlovoView parish
- Brezgrješnoga začeća Blažene Djevice MarijeDubraveView parish
- Duha SvetogaFojnicaView parish
- Duha SvetogaNova BilaView parish
- Glavosjeka Ivana KrstiteljaOdžakView parish
- Gospe od AnđelaGornja TramošnicaView parish
- Gospe SnježneDeževiceView parish
- Gospe SnježnePoljaciView parish
- Gospe ŽalosneČardakView parish
- Imena MarijinaGromiljakView parish
- Imena MarijinaOštra LukaView parish
- Imena MarijinaSvilajView parish
- Kraljice KruniceKrepšićView parish
- Krista KraljaCerView parish
- Marije Majke CrkveGarevacView parish
- Marije Pomoćnice KršćanaGlobaricaView parish
- Materinstva Blažene Djevice MarijeTišinaView parish
- Preobraženja GospodinovaBorovicaView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaZenicaView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaBosanski ŠamacView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaBrčkoView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaDobojView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaGlaviceView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaNovo SeloView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaObriView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaPećineView parish
- Presvetog Srca IsusovaProzorView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Tomo Vukšić
- Born
- 9 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Studenci
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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.
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.