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Diocese of Dubrovnik Dioecesis Ragusiensis Dubrovačka biskupija | |
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Location | |
Country | Croatia |
Ecclesiastical province | Split-Makarska |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,368 km2 (528 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 86,896 76,560 (88.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 990 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Assumption, Dubrovnik |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Roko Glasnović |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Zdenko Križić |
Map | |
Website | |
dubrovacka-biskupija.hr |
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The Diocese of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačka biskupija); or Ragusa (Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Croatia.[1][2] The diocese is centred in the city of Dubrovnik. It was first erected in 990. From 1120 to 1828 it was elevated to the status of archdiocese. By papal bull Locum Beati Petri it was degraded to the level of a diocese in 1828.
The Cathedral of Assumption in Dubrovnik was built in 1713 after the previous cathedral was destroyed in an earthquake. Current bishop Roko Glasnović is head of the diocese. He was appointed by Pope Francis in 2021. Dubrovnik's patron saint is Saint Blaise (locally called Sveti Vlaho).