The Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade ( la, Archidioecesis Belogradensis; sh, Beogradska nadbiskupija; hu, Belgrádi főegyházmegye) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

History

In order to regulate status of local Catholic Church, the government of the

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...

concluded official

Concordat A concordat is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both,René Metz, ''What is Canon Law?'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1960 st Ed ...

with

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

on 24 June 1914. By the Second Article of Concordat, it was decided that regular Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade shall be created. Because of the breakout of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, those provisions could not be implemented, and only after 1918 were new arrangements made: * October 29, 1924: Promoted as Archdiocese of Belgrade * December 16, 1986: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belgrade

United Titles

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

(Since December 23, 1729)

Leadership

* Bishops of Beograd ** Bishop Jozef Ignác de Vilt (22 December 1800 – 26 August 1806) ** Bishop Stefan Cech (26 September 1814 – 8 January 1821) ** Bishop Venceslao Soic (23 December 1858 – 8 January 1869) ** Bishop Giovanni Paolesic (4 July 1871 – 1893) * Archbishops of Beograd ** Archbishop

Ivan Rafael Rodić Archbishop Ivan Rafael Rodić, O.F.M. (also , it, Giovanni Raffaele Rodic; June 15, 1870 – May 10, 1954) was a Croatian Franciscan prelate, who served as the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade-Smederevo between 1 ...

, O.F.M. (29 October 1924 – 28 November 1936) ** Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić (28 November 1936 – 24 March 1964) ** Archbishop Gabrijel Bukatko (24 March 1964 – 4 March 1980) ** Archbishop Alojz Turk (4 March 1980 – 16 December 1986) ** Archbishop

Franc Perko The franc is any of various units of currency. One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes. The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription ''francorum rex'' (King of the Franks) used on early French coins and until the 18th cent ...

(16 December 1986 – 31 March 2001) ** Archbishop

Stanislav Hočevar Stanislav Hočevar ( sr-cyr, Станислав Хочевар; born 12 November 1945) is the retired Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade in Serbia between 2001 and 2022. He was also the president ...

, S.D.B. (31 March 2001 – 5 November 2022) ** Archbishop László Német, S.V.D. (5 November 2022 - present)

Suffragan dioceses

Diocese of Subotica The Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica ( la, Dioecesis Suboticana, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Subotička biskupija, Суботичка бискупија, hu, Szabadkai Egyházmegye) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Serbia. It is subject to the ...

Diocese of Zrenjanin The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: ''Dioecesis Zrenjanensis'', sr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, script=Latn / , hu, Nagybecskereki egyházmegye, hr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, german: Bistum Zrenjanin) is an ecclesiastical territory or d ...

Titular dioceses on the territory of Archdiocese

Naissus (see) Naissus was an ancient city and former bishopric in Balkanic Dacia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History Naissus, today's Niš in Serbia, was important enough in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea to become an episcopal se ...

, titular see.Catholic Hierarchy: Titular See of Naissus
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References

Sources

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Diocese website

Diocese website
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