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Roman Catholic Church
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in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
has one archdiocese, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, and the following three dioceses:
* Diocese of Banja Luka
* Diocese of Mostar-Duvno
* Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan
In addition to those dioceses, there also exists a Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vojni ordinarijat u Bosne i Hercegovine), which was established by Pope Benedict XVI
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in 2011.
It is also pastorally served by the (Croatian) sole Byzantine rite (Eastern Catholic) diocese of the Croatian (Greek) Catholic Church.
There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Bosnia and Hezegovina (papal diplomatic representation at embassy level) in Sarajevo
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, which also oversees matters related to Montenegro
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. The incumbent Nuncio
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is Francis Chullikatt, who was appointed in 2022.
See also
*Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci
The Eparchy of Križevci is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia eparchy of the Catholic Church in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current eparch is Milan Stipić. The cathedra is in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinit ...
: an eparchy
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on th ...
(equivalent of a diocese in the Greek Catholic Church) which administers to believers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Duvno
The Diocese of Duvno ( la, Dioecesis Dumnensis; Dioecesis Dalminiensis; hr, Duvanjska biskupija) was a Latin rite diocese of the Catholic Church that was established in the 14th century with a seat in present-day Tomislavgrad in Bosnia and Herz ...
: a historical diocese which lasted from the 14th to the 19th centuries
* Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina
The Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina was a short-lived (1914-1924) pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic jurisdiction, covering Bosnia and Hercegovina.
It was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of an ...
: a short-lived (1914-1924) Eastern Catholic
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jurisdiction that covered Bosnia and Herzegovina
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