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Catholic Church in Slovenia

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Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Ljubljana, is the seat of the Archbishop of Ljubljana, Primate of Slovenia.

The Catholic Church in Slovenia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are total of 1,511,980 (73.15%) Catholics in Slovenia in 2017 by official statistics published by Catholic Church of Slovenia.[1] The country is divided into six dioceses, including two archdioceses. The diocese of Maribor was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006. Additionally, the pope created three new sees, namely Novo Mesto, Celje and Murska Sobota.

Archbishop Juliusz Janusz is the Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia, the Titular Archbishop of Caprulae[2] and the Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo.

Structure

  • Archdiocese of Ljubljana
    • Diocese of Koper
    • Diocese of Novo Mesto
  • Archdiocese of Maribor
    • Diocese of Celje
    • Diocese of Murska Sobota

See also

  • List of Slovenian cardinals
  • List of Slovenian Catholic bishops

References

  1. ^ "Slovenian Catholic Church official report for 2017". Slovenian Catholic Church. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Archbishop Juliusz Janusz".

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