The

Catholic Church in Serbia The Catholic Church in Serbia ( sr, Католичка црква у Србији, Katolička crkva u Srbiji) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are 356,957 Catholics in Serbia accord ...

consists of several

Latin Catholic , native_name_lang = la , image = San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = Façade of the Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran , caption = Archbasilica of Saint Joh ...

and one

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

jurisdictions. The

hierarchy consists of one

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

with archdiocese centered in national capital 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 ...

, with two suffragan dioceses, in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

and

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

. Also, there is the separate Diocese of Syrmia, suffragan to the

Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek 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 ...

(metropolitan province centered in

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). The Diocese of Prizren-Pristina, centered in

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, is exempt and directly subjected to the Holy See. The only

jurisdiction is the

Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur The Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur ( sr, Крстурска гркокатоличка епархија) is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Serbia. It was founded ...

of the

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

. There is also an Apostolic Nunciature as papal diplomatic representation in Serbia.

Current Latin Dioceses

Ecclesiastical Province of Beograd

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belgrade **

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 ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Đakovo–Osijek (in Croatia)

* Diocese of Syrmia

Exempt and immediately subjected to the Holy See

Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren and Prishtina is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kosovo. It is centred in the city of Prizren. It was erected as an Apostolic Administration in 2000, after being split fr ...

(for

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

), elevated in 2018 from an

apostolic administration An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

Eastern Catholic jurisdiction

Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia sr, Гркокатоличка црква у Хрватској и Србији , native_name_lang = sh , image = Coat of arms of Đura Džudžar.svg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = ...

''sui iuris'' (

) **

, elevated in 2018 from an

apostolic exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and ea ...

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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Notes

References

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Sources and external links

Conference of the Saints Cyril and Methodius

Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade

Bishopric of Subotica

Bishopric of Zrenjanin

* ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dseby.html Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (2013-) on Catholic Hierarchy
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Radio Maria of Serbia
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Catholic dioceses