List of Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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.
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), yet is a suffragan of the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb.
Defunct jurisdictions[]
Titular sees[]
Ten Latin Titular bishoprics: Bela, , Chimæra, , , Moglæna, , , and Tzernicus.
Other Latin jurisdictions[]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Duvno
Other Eastern Catholic jurisdictions[]
Sources and external links[]
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