Diocese of Sisak Dioecesis Sisciensis Sisačka biskupija | |
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Location | |
Country | Croatia |
Ecclesiastical province | Zagreb |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 198,156 163,844 (82.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Sisak Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vlado Košić |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Josip Bozanić |
The Diocese of Sisak (Croatian: Sisačka biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Sisciensis) is a Latin Church diocese in the Sisak-Moslavina region, Croatia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb.
Its cathedral is Katedrala Uzvišenja sv. Križa, dedicated to Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in the episcopal see of Sisak, which also has a minor basilica: Bazilika Sv. Kvirina, dedicated to saint and martyr Quirinus of Sescia, the first bishop of the diocese.
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 163,844 Catholics (82.7% of 198,156 total) on 5,500 km2 in 77 parishes with 63 priests (43 diocesan, 20 religious), 102 lay religious (20 brothers, 82 sisters) and 8 seminarians.