Diocese of Zrenjanin
Zrenianen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zrenjanin, Serbia
The Diocese of Zrenjanin is a Latin Catholic diocese covering the Serbian part of the Banat region in Vojvodina, established in 1986 from the former apostolic administration of the Yugoslav Banat. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belgrade and is led by Bishop Mirko Stefkovic.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1986
- Latin
- Zrenianen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John of Nepomuk
- Annuario code
- 001000250
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 64,110
- Population
- 484,464
- Catholic share
- 13.2%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 3,053
- Extent
- 9,387 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.8
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
- Mirko Štefković
- Born
- 24 September 1977
- Birthplace
- Subotica
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 John of Nepomuk, Zrenjanin stands in Zrenjanin, 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 Beograd-Smederevo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Beograd-Smederevo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Beograd–SmederevoBeograd–Smederevo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Serbia, the Latin diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: Dioecesis Zrenjanensis; Hungarian: Nagybecskereki egyházmegye; Serbian: Зрењанинска бискупија) covers the Serbian part of the Banat region. A suffragan see in the province of the Archdiocese of Belgrade, it has its episcopal seat at the Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk in Zrenjanin.
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 · GCatholic
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].