Diocese of Sisak
Siscien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sisak, Croatia
The Diocese of Sisak is a Latin Church diocese in central Croatia, re-erected on 5 December 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI from territory of the Archdiocese of Zagreb, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2009
- Latin
- Siscien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Quirinus of Sescia
- Annuario code
- 001003074
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 163,844
- Population
- 198,156
- Catholic share
- 82.7%
- Extent
- 5,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Vlado Košić
- Born
- 31 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Družbinec
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 the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sisak stands in Sisak, 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 Zagreb
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zagreb.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of VaraždinVaraždin
- Archdiocese of ZagrebZagreb
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Sisak-Moslavina region of Croatia, the Diocese of Sisak (Croatian: Sisačka biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Sisciensis) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb. Its cathedral in the episcopal see of Sisak, the Katedrala Uzvišenja sv. Križa, is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; the city also holds a minor basilica, the Bazilika Sv. Kvirina, honoring the saint and martyr Quirinus of Sescia, the diocese's first bishop.
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].