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Diocese of Krk (Veglia)

Dioecesis Veglensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Ivica Petanjak, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop
  • Valter Župan, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 900
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rijeka
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Croatia
  • Square Kilometers: 1,119 (432 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://krk.hbk.hr/
  • Mailing Address: Biskupski Ordinarijat, ul. Biskupa Antuna Mahnica 18, 51500 Krk, Hrvatska
  • Telephone: (051)221.018
  • Fax: 221.483

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
900ErectedDiocese of Krk (Veglia) (erected)
30 June 1828Territory AddedDiocese of Arbe (Rab) (suppressed)
Diocese of Ossero (Osor) (suppressed)
Diocese of Krk (Veglia)
1 August 1932Territory LostDiocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) (Lagosta island)
Diocese of Krk (Veglia) (Gherso, Lussino, and other smaller islands around Liburnian gulf)
Archdiocese of Zadar (Zara) (Limited to area controlled by Italy)
27 July 1969Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Krk (Veglia) (from Immediately Subject)
27 July 1969Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Krk (Veglia) (from Unknown)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195035,00035,000100.0%71168740273529ap1951
197036,00038,00094.7%562480450309451ap1971
198032,00034,00094.1%522375426289350ap1981
199028,61837,67176.0%481967427229950ap1991
199934,98440,38286.6%442569507258651ap2000
200035,50739,93888.9%442569514258151ap2001
200134,71239,13788.7%462369503248151ap2002
200235,02939,66788.3%432871493298351ap2003
200337,02141,56389.1%462773507297851ap2004
200436,82441,30389.2%472370526258351ap2005
201335,49940,44787.8%562379449248651ap2014
201634,34940,12485.6%582280429236851ap2017
201934,79540,30486.3%532477451257351ap2020
202134,39740,10885.8%535364917251ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 518
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 263
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 328
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 361
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 406
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 434
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 424, to Page 425
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 62, Page 199, and Page 200

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