Diocese of Koper Dioecesis Iustinopolitana Škofija Koper | |
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 Koper Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ljubljana |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Ljubljana |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,386 km2 (1,693 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 266,403 181,230 (68%) |
| Parishes | 100 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Mary's Assumption, Koper (Slovene: Stolna cerkev Marijinega vnebovzetja) |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Nova Gorica (Konkatedrala Kristusa Odrešenika) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jurij Bizjak |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Stane Zore |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Koper (Latin: Dioecesis Iustinopolitana; Slovene: Škofija Koper; Italian: Diocesi di Capodistria) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in southwestern Slovenia. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and is located in the Adriatic port town of Koper. A co-cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, located in Nova Gorica, gained its status in 2004. The Latin name of the diocese, Dioecesis Iustinopolitana, is because Koper was in the past named Justinopolis in honour of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II.