Diocese of

Murska Sobota

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 1,102 km²

Population: 78,114 Catholics (77.0% of 101,489 total) (2017)

Statistics: 36 parishes, 2 missions, 55 priests (43 diocesan, 12 religious), 40 lay religious (17 brothers, 23 sisters), 2 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maribor

Neighbouring Dioceses: Maribor (←), Graz–Seckau (↖), Varaždin (↓)

Patron Saint: sv. Metod

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 26 (1912)

Address: Gregorčičeva ulica 2, 9000 Murska Sobota, Slovenia

Website:

2006.04.07: Established as Diocese of Murska Sobota / Soboten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maribor)

Bishop (2009.11.28 – ...):

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (57)

Bishops of Murska Sobota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (57)
(2009.11.28 – ...)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia (2006.05.24 – 2009.11.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2006.05.24 – 2009.11.28)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2009.11.28 – ...)

Bishop Marjan Turnšek (64) (later Archbishop)
(2006.04.07 – 2009.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2006.04.07 – 2009.11.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2009.11.28 – 2011.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2011.02.03 – 2013.07.31)

as of 2019.11.30