Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana

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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana (Latin: Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia. It was erected as the Diocese of Ljubljana by Pope Eugene IV on December 6, 1461, and was immediately subject to the Holy See from its creation until erected as an archdiocese. Its territory corresponded with the Austrian crownland of Carniola. Prior to the formation of this diocese, its area had been part of the ecclesiastical territory of the the Patriarch of Aquileia since 811.

The diocese was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on December 22, 1961, with the suffragan sees of Koper and Novo Mesto. It is the primatial see of Slovenia.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of St. Nicolas; it also contains minor basilicas in Brezje and Stična. The current Archbishop of Ljubljana, and thus Primate of Slovenia, is His Excellency Alojzij Uran, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on October 25, 2004.

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