Catholic Church in Montenegro

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The Catholic Church in Montenegro (Montenegrin: Католичка црква у Црној Гори, romanized: Katolička crkva u Crnoj Gori, Albanian: Kisha katolike në Mal të Zi) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are 21,299 Catholics in Montenegro, and they form three and a half percent of the population. Most Catholics are ethnic Albanians, Montenegrins and Croats.

The Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro and to Bosnia and Herzegovina is Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto.

Church of St. Ivan in Budva.

Organisation[]

Latin Rite Catholics[]

Within Montenegro the Latin Rite Catholic hierarchy consists of the Archdiocese of Bar. The Diocese of Kotor is geographically located in Montenegro, but it is administratively part of the church in Croatia and is subject to the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska of that country.[1] The territory of the Diocese of Kotor (Venetian: Cattaro) corresponds to the territory of Albania Veneta of the Republic of Venice, lost to Napoleon I in 1797 (Albania Veneta was mostly Catholic).

Eastern Rite Catholics[]

Main article: Byzantine Catholic Church in Montenegro

There are very few Greek Catholics of Montenegro, and no diocese. The Greek Catholics are assigned to the pastoral care of the Latin-rite clergy of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.[2]

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 official census, of the total 21,299 Catholics in Montenegro, there are:[3]

  • 7,954 Albanians (37.34%)
  • 5,667 Montenegrins (26.61%)
  • 5,527 Croats (25.95%)
  • 2,151 others (10.01%)

The highest concentration of Catholics is in the Diocese of Kotor, covering coastal areas long under Venetian influence and largely made up of Croat Catholics. The rest of Montenegro is covered by the Archdiocese of Bar, in which there were a total of 12,165 Catholics, mainly Albanian Catholics, in 2006, in the following settlements:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Diocese of Kotor: History (in Serbo-Croatian)
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 105 (2013), p. 187.
  3. ^ "Tabela CG5. Stanovništvo prema nacionalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti i vjeroispovijesti". monstat.org (in Montenegrin). Monstat. 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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