Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Labacen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Archdiocese of Ljubljana is the metropolitan Latin Church see of Slovenia, founded as a diocese in 1461 and raised to an archdiocese in 1961. It is the metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana, with suffragan dioceses of Koper and Novo Mesto, and is led by Archbishop Stanislav Zore since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1461
- Latin
- Labacen(sis)
- Patron
- * santos Cirilo y Metodio * santos Hermágoras y Fortunato
- Annuario code
- 001002029
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 553,661
- Population
- 791,351
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 377
- Catholics per priest
- 1,469
- Extent
- 791,351 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Stanislav Zore
- Born
- 7 September 1958
- Birthplace
- Sel pri Kamniku
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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
St. Nicholas's Cathedral stands in Ljubljana, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KoperKoper
- Diocese of Novo MestoNovo Mesto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Slovenia's Catholic Church includes the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana (Slovene: Nadškofija Ljubljana, Latin: Archidioecesis Labacensis), a Latin ecclesiastical territory.
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].