Diocese of Celje
Celeien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Celje, Slovenia
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Slovenia, erected on 7 April 2006 from the Diocese of Maribor and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maribor. Its seat is Celje Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Daniel.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 April 2006
- Latin
- Celeien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001091
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 237,370
- Population
- 289,846
- Catholic share
- 81.9%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 2,119
- Extent
- 2,711 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
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
- Maksimilijan Matjaz
- Born
- 23 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Črna na Koroškem
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
Celje Cathedral stands in Celje, 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 Maribor
A suffragan of Maribor.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MariborMaribor
- Diocese of Murska SobotaMurska Sobota
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Celje in Slovenia, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Celje (Latin: Dioecesis Celeiensis; Slovene: Škofija Celje), part of the ecclesiastical province of Maribor.
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].