Diocese of Varaždin
Varasdinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Varaždin, Croatia
The Diocese of Varaždin is a Latin Church diocese in northern Croatia, erected on 5 July 1997 from the Archdiocese of Zagreb, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Church of the Assumption of Mary, raised to cathedral status in 1997.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 July 1997
- Latin
- Varasdinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Marko Krizin
- Annuario code
- 001000078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 362,247
- Population
- 380,566
- Catholic share
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 168
- Catholics per priest
- 2,156
- Extent
- 3,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 117
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
- Bože Radoš
- Born
- 5 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Crvenice
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 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Varaždin stands in Varaždin, 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 SisakSisak
- Archdiocese of ZagrebZagreb
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among Croatia's youngest sees, the Diocese of Varaždin (Latin: Dioecesis Varasdinensis) was erected only on July 5, 1997, from the Archdiocese of Zagreb, with its center in the city of Varaždin in northern Croatia. Bishop Marko Culej was the first to lead it, and Bishop Bože Radoš holds the office today. The Church of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, built in 1646, was proclaimed a cathedral on September 28, 1997. Saint Marko of Križevci is the diocese's patron saint.
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].