Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna

Archdiocese of Vrhbosna Archidioecesis Vrhbosnensis o Seraiensis Vrhbosanska nadbiskupija
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo
Location
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ecclesiastical province	Sarajevo
Metropolitan	Sarajevo
Statistics
Area	22,401 km2 (8,649 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,960,000[1] 198,012[1] (10.1%)
Parishes	153[1]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 5, 1881
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saint	Sacred Heart
Secular priests	165[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Vinko Puljić
Suffragans	Franjo Komarica, Pero Sudar
Auxiliary Bishops	Pero Sudar
Vicar General	Luka Tunjić
Archdeacons	The Very Rev. Ilija Miškić The Very Rev. Mato Zovkić Msgr. Bosiljko Rajić Msgr. Ante Meštrović
Map
Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (blue)
Website
http://vrhbosanska-nadbiskupija.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its episcopal see is the city of Sarajevo (Vrhbosna), capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje is a suffragan of the Archdiocese.

Vrhbosna's cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Sarajevo. Cardinal Vinko Puljić currently serves as the archbishop of the archdiocese. Bishop Pero Sudar serves as the auxiliary bishop.

History

The Diocese of Bosnia, a Roman Catholic Diocese erected in the 11th century, existed in the territory of Bosnia before the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia, but then moved north, to Đakovo. The Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena instead became the main agency of Catholicism in Bosnia during the Ottoman period. This lasted until the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. On July 5, 1881, Pope Leo XIII established the archdiocese again, with see in Sarajevo and subordinate dioceses in Banja Luka and Mostar.

The Bosnian War, which resulted in the Siege of Sarajevo on the archdiocese's home, gravely impacted the archdiocese. In the war's aftermath, repairs had to be completed to many damaged churches and chapels. The biggest struggle has been the exodus of Croats, causing the Catholic population in the diocese to drop to less than half of what it was before the conflict.

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Vrhbosna

Auxiliary Bishops of Vrhbosna

Administrative division

Josip Stadler

Saints, Blesseds & Venerables of Vrhbosna

• Drina Martyrs - the professed Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, murdered because of their faith in Bosnia and Hercegovina between December 15 and 23, 1941.
• Josip Stadler, Servant of God - the first modern archbishop of Vrhbosna and the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus. The process for his canonization began in Sarajevo on June 20, 2002.
• Petar Barbarić, Servant of God - Jesuit seminarian

See also

• Drina Martyrs
• Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

External links

•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Serajevo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

Archbishops of Vrhbosna
Cardinal-Archbishops	Vinko Puljić
Archbishops	Josip Stadler Ivan Šarić Marko Alaupović Smiljan Franjo Čekada Marko Jozinović
Auxiliary Bishops	Anton Bonaventura Jeglič Tomislav Jablanović Pero Sudar
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Coordinates: 43°51′34″N 18°25′32″E / 43.859411°N 18.425424°E / 43.859411; 18.425424