Archdiocese of Rijeka
Fluminen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Rijeka, Croatia
The Archdiocese of Rijeka is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in western Croatia centered on Rijeka, with its cathedral dedicated to Saint Vitus. It was raised to a metropolitan see in 1969 and has the dioceses of Gospić-Senj, Krk, and Poreč-Pula as suffragans.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1920
- Latin
- Fluminen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Vitus
- Annuario code
- 001002750
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 213,650
- Population
- 266,800
- Catholic share
- 80.1%
- Extent
- 2,580 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 83
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
- Archbishop
- Mate Uzinić
- Born
- 17 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Dubrava
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
Rijeka Cathedral stands in Rijeka, 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 Ecclesiastical Province of Rijeka
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Gospić–SenjGospić–Senj
- Diocese of KrkKrk
- Diocese of Poreč i PulaPoreč i Pula
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].