Diocese of Novo Mesto
Novae Urbis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Novo Mesto, Slovenia
The Diocese of Novo Mesto is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Slovenia, erected in 2006 from the Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It is a suffragan of Ljubljana and has been led by Bishop Andrej Saje since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 April 2006
- Latin
- Novae Urbis
- Patron
- saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002421
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 137,424
- Population
- 159,595
- Catholic share
- 86.1%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 1,562
- Extent
- 2,160 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
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
- Andrej Saje
- Born
- 22 April 1966
- Birthplace
- Novo Mesto
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
Saint Nicholas' Cathedral stands in Novo Mesto, 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 Archdiocese of Ljubljana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KoperKoper
- Archdiocese of LjubljanaLjubljana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Novo Mesto in Slovenia is the seat of the Diocese of Novo Mesto (Latin: Dioecesis Novae Urbis; Slovene: Škofija Novo mesto), a Latin Church diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana.
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].