The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka biskupija; la, Dioecesis Bellovariensis-Crisiensis) is a
diocese in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Zagreb in
Croatia. On December 5, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci with territory taken from the
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 ...
of Zagreb. On the same day the Pope erected the new Diocese of Sisak, also in Croatia and within the Ecclesiastical province of Zagreb.
The see of the diocese is in the city of Bjelovar, where the Cathedral of Saint Teresa of Avila is situated. The diocesan co-cathedral of the Holy Cross is in the city of Križevci, Croatia, Križevci.
Leadership
* Bishops of Bjelovar-Križevci (Roman rite)
** Bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak (since 2009.12.05)
See also
*Roman Catholicism in Croatia
Sources
Catholic Information* :it:Diocesi di Bjelovar-Križevci, Italian Wikipedia
GCatholic.orgFrom the Vatican Press Office
Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century
Križevci, Diocese
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