Diocese of Murska Sobota
Soboten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Murska Sobota, Slovenia
The Diocese of Murska Sobota is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Slovenia, erected in 2006. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maribor and has been led by Bishop Janez Kozinc since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 April 2006
- Latin
- Soboten(sis)
- Patron
- santos Cirilo y Metodio
- Annuario code
- 001002318
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 95,400
- Population
- 119,600
- Catholic share
- 79.8%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 1,735
- Extent
- 8,712 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Janez Kozinc
- Born
- 21 August 1975
- Birthplace
- Celje
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
Murska Sobota Cathedral stands in Murska Sobota, 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 Archdiocese of Maribor.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MariborMaribor
- Diocese of CeljeCelje
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Murska Sobota in Slovenia, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Murska Sobota (Latin: Dioecesis Sobotensis; Slovene: Škofija Murska Sobota), which belongs to 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].