Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb (Croatian: Zagrebačka nadbiskupija, Latin: Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb. It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, and the present archbishop is Josip Bozanić.

It encompasses the northern and eastern continental areas of Croatia and covers around 1.45 million Catholics. There are 722 priests and 312 parishes (2004).

Contents 1 Suffragan dioceses 2 Origin 3 Archbishops 4 External links

[edit] Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Đakovo and Srijem
• Eparchy of Križevci (Greek-Catholic)
• Diocese of Požega
• Diocese of Varaždin

[edit] Origin

The bishopric of Zagreb was founded in 1093. On November 11, 1852, it was elevated to the status of archbishopric.

[edit] Archbishops

• Juraj Haulik - October 2, 1837 - May 11, 1869
• Josip Mihalović - June 27, 1870 to February 19, 1891
• Juraj Posilović - May 18, 1894 to April 26, 1914
• Anton Bauer - April 26, 1914 to December 9, 1937
• Alojzije Stepinac - December 7, 1937 to February 10, 1960
• Franjo Šeper - March 5, 1960 to August 20, 1969
• Franjo Kuharić - June 16, 1970 to July 5, 1997
• Josip Bozanić - since July 5, 1997

[edit] External links

• Archdiocese of Zagreb @ catholic-hierarchy.org