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Suffragan diocese Sisak, Croatia

Diocese of Sisak

Siscien(sis)

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sisak, in Sisak, Croatia.

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Established
2009
Catholics
163,844
Priests
74
Territory
5,500 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Vlado Košić
Born
31 May 1959
Birthplace
Družbinec

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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.

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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.

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