Maribor (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Alojzij Cvikl, S.J., Archbishop
Franc Kramberger, Archbishop Emeritus
Marjan Turnšek, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 7 April 2006
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Slovenia
Square Kilometers: 3,682 (1,422 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://www.nadskofija-maribor.si/
Mailing Address: Nadskofijski Ordinariat, Slomskov trg 19, 2000 Maribor, Slovenija
Telephone: (0590)80.100
Fax: 80.111

Historical Details

Diocese of Lavant
- Latin Name: Lavantina
- Erected: 10 May 1228
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Slovenia
Diocese of Maribor
- Latin Name: Mariborensis
- Name Changed: 5 March 1962
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ljubljana
- Country: Slovenia

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ulrich von Haus † (10 May 1228 Appointed - 25 Sep 1257 Died)
Karl von Friesach † ( 1257 Appointed - 1260 Died)
Otto von Mörnstein † ( 1262 Appointed - 1264 Died)
Almerich Grafendorfer, O. Cist. † ( 1265 Appointed - 1267 Died)
Herbord † ( 1268 Appointed - 1275 Died)
Gerhard von Enstal † ( 1275 Appointed - 1284 Died)
Corrado de Vonstorf † ( 1284 Appointed - 11 Feb 1291 Appointed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Heinrich von Helfenberg † (26 Feb 1291 Appointed - )
Wulfing von Stubenberg, O.P. † ( 1303 Appointed - 31 Jan 1304 Appointed, Bishop of Bamberg)
Werner † (20 Jul 1305 Appointed - 1317 Died)
Dietrich Wolfhauer † ( 1317 Appointed - 21 Dec 1332 Died)
Heinrich Krafft † (4 Oct 1333 Appointed - 27 Jul 1342 Died)
Heinrich von Leis † ( 1343 Appointed - 15 Jul 1356 Died)
Peter Kröll von Hall † (26 May 1357 Appointed - Sep 1362 Died)
Heinrich Krapff † (24 Mar 1363 Appointed - 29 Nov 1387 Died)
Ortolf von Offenstetten † ( 1388 Appointed - )
Konrad Torer von Törlein † ( 1391 Appointed - )
Nikolaus von Unhorst, O.F.M. † (11 Jan 1391 Appointed - )
Ulrich † (11 Mar 1408 Appointed - 8 Mar 1411 Died)
Wolfhard von Ehrenfels † (1 Apr 1411 Appointed - 5 May 1421 Died)
Friedrich Deys (Theis von Thesingen) † (16 Apr 1422 Appointed - Apr 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Chiemsee)
Lorenz von Lichtenberg † ( 1424 Appointed - 1432 Appointed, Bishop of Gurk)
Hermann von Gnas † ( 1434 Appointed - 1438 Died)
Lorenz von Lichtenberg † (4 Jul 1438 Appointed - 8 Nov 1446 Died)
Théobald Sweinpeck † (24 Nov 1446 Appointed - 1463 Died)
Rudolf von Rüdesheim † (26 Sep 1463 Appointed - 27 Apr 1468 Confirmed, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau))
Johann Roth von Wemding † (17 May 1468 Appointed - 4 Mar 1482 Confirmed, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau))
Jacques † ( 1483 Appointed - 1486 Died)
Erhard Baumgartner † (5 Jan 1487 Appointed - 16 Aug 1508 Died)
Leonhard Pewerl (Peurl) † (26 Nov 1508 Appointed - 2 Sep 1533 Resigned)
Philip Renner † (5 Nov 1536 Appointed - 5 Apr 1555 Died)
Martin Herkules Rettinger † ( 1556 Appointed - 21 Feb 1570 Died)
Georg Agricola † ( 1570 Appointed - 16 Mar 1584 Died)
Georg Stobäus von Palmburg † (19 Oct 1584 Appointed - 23 Oct 1618 Died)
Léonard Goetz † (21 Jan 1619 Appointed - 28 Nov 1640 Died)
Albert von Priamis † (29 Dec 1640 Appointed - 8 Sep 1654 Died)
Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg † (8 Dec 1654 Appointed - 7 Feb 1665 Appointed, Bishop of Seckau)
Sebastian von Pötting-Persing † (3 Apr 1665 Appointed - 25 Sep 1673 Confirmed, Bishop of Passau)
Franz Caspar von Stadion † (31 Mar 1674 Confirmed - 13 Feb 1704 Died)
Johann Sigmund von Kuenburg † (27 Mar 1704 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1708 Appointed, Bishop of Chiemsee)
Philipp Carl von Fürstenberg † (30 May 1708 Confirmed - 14 Feb 1718 Died)
Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † (8 May 1718 Confirmed - 17 Jan 1724 Appointed, Bishop of Seckau)
Joseph Oswald von Attems † (24 Feb 1724 Confirmed - 4 May 1744 Died)
Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian † (3 Sep 1744 Confirmed - 15 Jul 1753 Resigned)
Johann Baptist von Thurn Valsassina † (18 Apr 1754 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1762 Died)
Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg † (8 May 1763 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1773 Confirmed, Bishop of Gurk)
Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner † (21 Dec 1773 Confirmed - 1 May 1777 Resigned)
Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach † (31 May 1777 Appointed - 29 Jan 1790 Resigned)
Joseph Ernest Gandolph von Kuenburg † (7 Mar 1790 Confirmed - 1 Dec 1793 Died)
Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach † (26 Jul 1795 Confirmed - 11 Aug 1800 Confirmed, Bishop of Brno)
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † (23 Nov 1800 Appointed - 19 Apr 1822 Confirmed, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna})
Ignaz Franz Sales Zimmermann † (19 May 1824 Appointed - 28 Sep 1843 Died)
Franz Xaver Kuttnar † (23 Nov 1843 Appointed - 8 Mar 1846 Died)
Bl. Anton Martin Slomšek † (30 May 1846 Appointed - 24 Sep 1862 Died)
Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepišnik (Stepischnegg) † (21 Dec 1862 Appointed - 28 Jun 1889 Died)
Mihael Napotnik † (27 Sep 1889 Appointed - 28 Mar 1922 Died)
Andrea Karlin † (6 Jun 1923 Appointed - 6 Apr 1933 Died)
Ivan Josip Tomazic † (27 Jun 1933 Appointed - 27 Feb 1949 Died)
Maksimilijan Držecnik † (15 Jun 1960 Appointed - 13 May 1978 Died)
Franc Kramberger (6 Nov 1980 Appointed - 3 Feb 2011 Resigned)
Marjan Turnšek (3 Feb 2011 Succeeded - 31 Jul 2013 Resigned)
Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (14 Mar 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Lavant
10 May 1228	Erected	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Lavant (erected)
4 July 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Ljubljana (Vrbinska vas)	Diocese of Lavant
Diocese of Maribor
5 March 1962	Name Changed	Diocese of Lavant	Diocese of Maribor
22 November 1968	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Maribor (from Immediately Subject)
7 April 2006	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maribor (Braslovče, Celje, Gornji Grad, Kozje, Laško, Šaleška dolina, Šmarje pri Jelšah, Videm ob Savi, Žalec, Nova Cerkev, and Rogatec except Stoperce)	Diocese of Celje (erected)
7 April 2006	Territory Lost	Diocese of Maribor (Lendava, Ljutomer, and Murska Sobota)	Diocese of Murska Sobota (erected)
Archdiocese of Maribor
7 April 2006	Elevated	Diocese of Maribor	Archdiocese of Maribor

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Lavant

1950 531,958 583,884 91.1% 299 57 356 1,494 48 16 225 ap1951

Diocese of Maribor

1970 711,925 768,343 92.7% 288 288 2,471 274 ap1971

1980 733,033 827,245 88.6% 326 94 420 1,745 2 160 216 282 ap1981

1990 718,660 832,503 86.3% 317 84 401 1,792 1 123 170 285 ap1991

1999 711,898 839,814 84.8% 306 87 393 1,811 3 113 144 289 ap2000

2000 711,398 839,814 84.7% 313 87 400 1,778 3 117 134 289 ap2001

2001 708,540 843,150 84.0% 317 87 404 1,753 3 107 141 290 ap2002

2002 707,531 842,450 84.0% 310 95 405 1,746 4 117 139 290 ap2003

2003 706,383 841,360 84.0% 314 94 408 1,731 4 114 145 290 ap2004

2004 704,384 826,229 85.3% 311 93 404 1,743 4 109 134 290 ap2005

Archdiocese of Maribor

2013 354,087 418,087 84.7% 134 55 189 1,873 4 62 55 143 ap2014

2016 353,055 416,870 84.7% 120 48 168 2,101 4 55 44 143 ap2017

2019 346,780 416,550 83.3% 115 48 163 2,127 5 53 44 144 ap2020

2021 341,950 416,280 82.1% 110 45 155 2,206 11 50 37 144 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Lavant
1950	531,958	583,884	91.1%	299	57	356	1,494		48	16	225	ap1951
Diocese of Maribor
1970	711,925	768,343	92.7%	288		288	2,471				274	ap1971
1980	733,033	827,245	88.6%	326	94	420	1,745	2	160	216	282	ap1981
1990	718,660	832,503	86.3%	317	84	401	1,792	1	123	170	285	ap1991
1999	711,898	839,814	84.8%	306	87	393	1,811	3	113	144	289	ap2000
2000	711,398	839,814	84.7%	313	87	400	1,778	3	117	134	289	ap2001
2001	708,540	843,150	84.0%	317	87	404	1,753	3	107	141	290	ap2002
2002	707,531	842,450	84.0%	310	95	405	1,746	4	117	139	290	ap2003
2003	706,383	841,360	84.0%	314	94	408	1,731	4	114	145	290	ap2004
2004	704,384	826,229	85.3%	311	93	404	1,743	4	109	134	290	ap2005
Archdiocese of Maribor
2013	354,087	418,087	84.7%	134	55	189	1,873	4	62	55	143	ap2014
2016	353,055	416,870	84.7%	120	48	168	2,101	4	55	44	143	ap2017
2019	346,780	416,550	83.3%	115	48	163	2,127	5	53	44	144	ap2020
2021	341,950	416,280	82.1%	110	45	155	2,206	11	50	37	144	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (Archbishop: 14 Mar 2015 - )
Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv.
Franc Kramberger (Priest: 29 Jun 1960; Bishop: 6 Nov 1980; Archbishop: 7 Apr 2006 to 3 Feb 2011)
Stanislav Lipovšek (Priest: 29 Jun 1968 to 15 Mar 2010; Apostolic Administrator: 31 Jul 2013 to 26 Apr 2015)
Maksimilijan Matjaž (Priest: 29 Jun 1989 to 5 Mar 2021)
Anton Stres, C.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 2000 to 7 Apr 2006; Coadjutor Archbishop: 31 Jan 2009 to 28 Nov 2009)
Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 2006 to 28 Nov 2009)
Marjan Turnšek (Priest: 28 Jun 1981 to 7 Apr 2006; Coadjutor Archbishop: 28 Nov 2009; Archbishop: 3 Feb 2011 to 31 Jul 2013)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Georg Agricola † (Bishop: 1570 to 16 Mar 1584)
Joseph Oswald von Attems † (Bishop: 24 Feb 1724 to 4 May 1744)
Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg † (Bishop: 8 May 1763 to 31 Jan 1773)
Erhard Baumgartner † (Bishop: 5 Jan 1487 to 16 Aug 1508)
Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob von Breuner † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1773 to 1 May 1777)
Friedrich Deys (Theis von Thesingen) † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1422 to Apr 1424)
Maksimilijan Držecnik † (Priest: 30 Oct 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1946; Apostolic Administrator: 1949; Bishop: 15 Jun 1960 to 13 May 1978)
Wolfhard von Ehrenfels † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1411 to 5 May 1421)
Gerhard von Enstal † (Bishop: 1275 to 1284)
Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † (Bishop: 8 May 1718 to 17 Jan 1724)
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1800 to 19 Apr 1822)
Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1744 to 15 Jul 1753)
Karl von Friesach † (Bishop: 1257 to 1260)
Philipp Carl von Fürstenberg † (Bishop: 30 May 1708 to 14 Feb 1718)
Hermann von Gnas † (Bishop: 1434 to 1438)
Léonard Goetz † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1619 to 28 Nov 1640)
Almerich Grafendorfer, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1265 to 1267)
Vekoslav Grmič † (Priest: 29 Jun 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1968 to 6 Nov 1980; Administrator: 1978 to 6 Nov 1980)
Ulrich von Haus † (Bishop: 10 May 1228 to 25 Sep 1257)
Heinrich von Helfenberg † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1291)
Andrea Karlin † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1923 to 6 Apr 1933)
Heinrich Krafft † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1333 to 27 Jul 1342)
Heinrich Krapff † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1363 to 29 Nov 1387)
Peter Kröll von Hall † (Bishop: 26 May 1357 to Sep 1362)
Johann Sigmund von Kuenburg † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1704 to 1 Apr 1708)
Joseph Ernest Gandolph von Kuenburg † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1790 to 1 Dec 1793)
Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg † (Bishop: 8 Dec 1654 to 7 Feb 1665)
Franz Xaver Kuttnar † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1843 to 8 Mar 1846)
Heinrich von Leis † (Bishop: 1343 to 15 Jul 1356)
Lorenz von Lichtenberg † (Bishop: 1424 to 1432)
Otto von Mörnstein † (Bishop: 1262 to 1264)
Mihael Napotnik † (Priest: 25 Jul 1875; Bishop: 27 Sep 1889 to 28 Mar 1922)
Ortolf von Offenstetten † (Bishop: 1388)
Leonhard Pewerl (Peurl) † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1508 to 2 Sep 1533)
Sebastian von Pötting-Persing † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1665 to 25 Sep 1673)
Albert von Priamis † (Bishop: 29 Dec 1640 to 8 Sep 1654)
Philip Renner † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1528; Bishop: 5 Nov 1536 to 5 Apr 1555)
Martin Herkules Rettinger † (Bishop: 1556 to 21 Feb 1570)
Johann Roth von Wemding † (Bishop: 17 May 1468 to 4 Mar 1482)
Rudolf von Rüdesheim † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1463 to 27 Apr 1468)
Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach † (Bishop: 31 May 1777 to 29 Jan 1790)
Bl. Anton Martin Slomšek † (Priest: 8 Sep 1824; Bishop: 30 May 1846 to 24 Sep 1862)
Jožef Smej † (Priest: 8 Dec 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1983 to 18 Jun 2009)
Franz Caspar von Stadion † (Priest: Oct 1673; Bishop: 31 Mar 1674 to 13 Feb 1704)
Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepišnik (Stepischnegg) † (Priest: 2 Aug 1838; Bishop: 21 Dec 1862 to 28 Jun 1889)
Georg Stobäus von Palmburg † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1584 to 23 Oct 1618)
Raymund Anton von Strasoldo † (Deacon: 27 May 1741; Priest: 11 Jun 1741 to 26 Sep 1757)
Wulfing von Stubenberg, O.P. † (Bishop: 1303 to 31 Jan 1304)
Théobald Sweinpeck † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1446 to 1463)
Johann Baptist von Thurn Valsassina † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1754 to 3 Jun 1762)
Ivan Josip Tomazic † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 1928; Bishop: 27 Jun 1933 to 27 Feb 1949)
Konrad Torer von Törlein † (Bishop: 1391)
Nikolaus von Unhorst, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1391)
Corrado de Vonstorf † (Bishop: 1284 to 11 Feb 1291)
Valentin Wiery † (Priest: 24 Aug 1835 to 30 Oct 1858)
Dietrich Wolfhauer † (Bishop: 1317 to 21 Dec 1332)
Ignaz Franz Sales Zimmermann † (Priest: 8 Jun 1800; Bishop: 19 May 1824 to 28 Sep 1843)
Herbord † (Bishop: 1268 to 1275)
Jacques † (Bishop: 1483 to 1486)
Ulrich † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1408 to 8 Mar 1411)
Werner † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1305 to 1317)

Source(s)

Diocese of Lavant
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 298
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 174
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 221
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 217
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 239
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 255
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 284, to Page 285
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 150, and Page 151
Diocese of Maribor
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 471, and Page 472
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 231, and Page 232
Archdiocese of Maribor
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 98, Page 370, and Page 371

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