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Metropolitan see Maribor, Slovenia

Archdiocese of Maribor

Mariboren(sis)

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in northeastern Slovenia, successor of the historic Diocese of Lavant whose see moved to Maribor in 1859; established as the Diocese of Maribor on 5 March 1962 and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese on 7 April 2006. Its seat is Maribor Cathedral (St. John the Baptist) and its suffragans are Celje and Murska Sobota.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Maribor Cathedral, in Maribor, Slovenia.

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Established
1962
Catholics
704,384
Priests
145
Territory
7,398 km²

Parishes and churches

144 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Alojzij Cvikl, S.J.

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The cathedral

Maribor Cathedral stands in Maribor, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

With its episcopal see at Maribor, the Archdiocese of Maribor (Latin: Archidioecesis Mariborensis, Slovene: Nadškofija Maribor) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Slovenia.