Catholic ChurchinRepublic of Croatia (Croatia) | ![]() |
Also known as: Kroatien (Deutsch), Croacia (español), la Croatie (français), Croazia (Italiano), Chorwacja (polski), Croácia (Português), Hrvatska (Hrvatski), 克羅地亞 (正體中文), クロアチア (日本語), Croatia (latine)
Continent: East Europe
Capital: Zagreb
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Italy , ↖ Slovenia
, ↗ Hungary
, → Serbia
, ↘ Montenegro
, ↘ Bosnia and Herzegovina
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (4)
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) (1)
Roman Rite (16): Bjelovar–Križevci, Đakovo–Osijek, Dubrovnik, Gospić–Senj, Hvar–Brač–Vis, Krk, Poreč i Pula, Požega, Rijeka, Šibenik, Sisak, Split–Makarska, Varaždin, Vojni ordinarijat u Republici Hrvatskoj, Zadar, Zagreb
Byzantine Church in Croatia and Serbia (1): Križevci
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions
Apostolic Nunciature: Croatia
Conference of Bishops: Hrvatska Biskupska Konferencija
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Catholic Population: 3,553,000 Catholics (88.0% of 4,036,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 1,606 parishes, 8 other centres
Clergy: 31 bishops (18 diocesan, 13 titular), 2,340 priests (1,592 diocesan, 748 religious), 26 permanent deacons (24 diocesan, 2 religious)
Non-Clergy: 3,015 religious (57 brothers, 2,958 sisters), 118 members of secular institutes (sisters), 329 major seminarians, 2,587 catechists
Area: 55,974 km²
Population: 4,292,095
Religions: Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8%
Languages: Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2%
Ethnic Groups: Croat 90.4%, Serb 4.4%, other 4.4% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Romani), unspecified 0.8%
Last updated on 2023.09.09
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