List of Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprises mainly a Latin hierarchy, which is composed of
- one ecclesiastical province, under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo), which has three Bosnian suffragan dioceses and is also the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Skopje in Macedonia.
- the exempt military Ordinariate for the armed forces of Bosnia and Hercegovina
It is also pastorally served by the (Croatian) sole Byzantine rite (Eastern Catholic) diocese of the Croatian (Greek) Catholic Church.
There is an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation at embassy level) to Bosnia and Herzegovina I the national capital Sarajevo, into which are also vested the Apostolic Nunciatures to Monaco and to Montenegro.
Latin Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Archdiocese of Vrhbosna
Diocese of Banja Luka
Diocese of Mostar-Duvno
Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan
Diocese of Gospić-Senj (Zavalje parish)
Current Latin Dioceses
Exempt, sui iuris
- Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vojni ordinarijat u Bosne i Hercegovine)
Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo
Eastern Catholics
- The Croatian Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, named after its see in Croatia, also covers all Bosnia-Hercegvina (as well as Sovenia), being the only diocese of the Croatian Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Croatian language), yet is a suffragan of the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb.
Defunct jurisdictions
TO BE COMPLETED
Titular sees
- TO WIKIFY
Ten Latin Titular bishoprics: Bela, Bistue, Chimæra, Cozyla, Horæa, Moglæna, Morosbisdus, Rhasus, Sarsenterum and Tzernicus.
Other Latin jurisdictions
Other Eastern Catholic jurisdictions
Sources and external links
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