Archdiocese of Split–Makarska
Spalaten(sis)-Macarscen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Split–Makarska, Croatia
The Archdiocese of Split-Makarska is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, tracing its origins to the ancient Diocese of Salona and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1969. Its suffragans include Dubrovnik, Hvar, Šibenik, and Kotor.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1969
- Latin
- Spalaten(sis)-Macarscen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Domnius
- Annuario code
- 001003103
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 441,036
- Population
- 456,029
- Catholic share
- 96.7%
- Extent
- 4,088 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Zdenko Križić
- Born
- 2 February 1953
- Birthplace
- Johovac
- Institute
- CARMELITANI SCALZI (O.C.D.)
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 Saint Domnius, Split stands in Split–Makarska, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedrals of St. Peter the Apostle (Split) and St. Mark.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Split-Makarska
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KotorKotor
- Diocese of ŠibenikŠibenik
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Archdiocese of Split-Makarska (Latin: Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis; Croatian: Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija), a Latin metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia and Montenegro, traces its origins to a diocese established in the 3rd century AD, raised to an archdiocese and metropolitan see in the 10th century. The modern diocese dates to 1828, when the historical archdiocese of Salona was joined with the Diocese of Makarska; in 1969 it was again elevated as an archdiocese and metropolitan see, restoring the earlier status of the archdiocese of Split, another name by which it is known. It was also once called Spalato-Macarsca.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Nadbiskupski Ordinarijat, Poljana kneza Trpimira 7, 21000 Split, Hrvatska
- Telephone
- [021]407.501; fax 407.538
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].