Diocese of Skopje Dioecesis Scopiensis Скопска бискупија | |
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Location | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Vrhbosna |
Statistics | |
Area | 30,010 km2 (11,590 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 2,350,000[1] 3,662[1] (0.2%) |
Parishes | 2[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Skopje) |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Bitola) |
Secular priests | 3[1] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Kiro Stojanov |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tomo Vukšić |
The Diocese of Skopje (Lat:Dioecesis Scopiensis), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in North Macedonia. From the 4th century to 1656, when it was renamed to Archdiocese of Skopje, it was known as the Archdiocese of Dardania. In 1969 along with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren, it formed the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren. In 2000 it became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, and the bishop is Kiro Stojanov, appointed in 2005.