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Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)

Dioecesis Pharensis (-Brazensis et Lissensis)



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Bishop(s)

  • Ranko Vidović, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 14 January 1889
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Split-Makarska
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Croatia
  • Square Kilometers: 807 (311 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://hvarskabiskupija.hr/
  • Mailing Address: Biskupski Ordinarijat, Trg sv. Stjepana 26, 21450 Hvar, Hrvatska
  • Telephone: (021)741.152
  • Fax: 743.107

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Hvar (Lesina)
12th CenturyErectedDiocese of Hvar (Lesina) (erected)
Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)
14 January 1889UnitedDiocese of Hvar (Lesina) Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)
1 August 1932Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis) (from Zadar to Immediately Subject)
27 July 1969Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis) (from Immediately Subject)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)
195054,00054,30099.4%642084642207345ap1951
197033,00034,50095.7%4219615402210543ap1971
198024,56626,98791.0%4218604092211246ap1981
199021,57027,14679.5%381351422158346ap1991
199924,30027,20089.3%331346528167546ap2000
200023,01126,13088.1%351449469147046ap2001
200122,96726,01488.3%331447488147046ap2002
200222,89225,88988.4%311445508147246ap2003
200322,95125,86588.7%261541559157446ap2004
200422,78125,66588.8%271340569137446ap2005
200623,01926,22987.8%281745511177446ap2007
201322,93125,86588.7%281038603106546ap2014
201621,30525,40583.9%241135608215846ap2017
201921,38524,40887.6%22163856215546ap2020*
202121,94124,28390.4%211536609154446ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Hvar (Lesina)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 398
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 215
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 273
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 278
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 312, and Page 313
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 335, and Page 336
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 409, to Page 410
  • Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 75, to Page 77

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