Diocese of Koper
Iustinopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Koper, Slovenia
Latin-rite diocese in southwestern Slovenia with ancient roots in the Diocese of Capodistria (circa 530), united with Trieste from 1828 and re-established as the independent Diocese of Koper on 17 October 1977. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana, with its seat at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Koper. Bishop Peter Stumpf, S.D.B., transferred from Murska Sobota, succeeded Jurij Bizjak in November 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1977
- Latin
- Iustinopolitan(us)
- Patron
- san Jerónimo
- Annuario code
- 001001890
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 181,230
- Population
- 266,403
- Catholic share
- 68.0%
- Priests
- 138
- Catholics per priest
- 1,313
- Extent
- 4,386 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Peter Stumpf, S.D.B.
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, Koper stands in Koper, 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 Ljubljana
A suffragan of Ljubljana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LjubljanaLjubljana
- Diocese of Novo MestoNovo Mesto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southwestern Slovenia is served by the Diocese of Koper (Latin: Dioecesis Iustinopolitana; Slovene: Škofija Koper; Italian: Diocesi di Capodistria), a Latin Church diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana. Its cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, stands in the Adriatic port town of Koper, while the Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Nova Gorica has held co-cathedral status since 2004. The diocese's Latin name, Dioecesis Iustinopolitana, recalls that Koper was once called Justinopolis in honour of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II.
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].