The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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Archdiocese

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the

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; it also contains

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in Brezje and Stična. Since November 2014, the Archbishop of Ljubljana, and thus Primate of Slovenia, has been Stanislav Zore. He was appointed by

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on 4 October 2014 and succeeded

Anton Stres Anton Stres, C.M. (born 15 December 1942), was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 20 ...

. Anton Stres, who was appointed Archbishop of Ljubljana by

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on 28 November 2009, resigned in July 2013 due to his involvement in the financial fiasco of the Archdiocese of Maribor.

History

From 811, the territory of the Ljubljana Archdiocese was part of the ecclesiastical territory of the

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, erected on 6 December 1461 the ''Diocese of Laibach'', which was confirmed six months later, on 6 September 1462, by

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. Several days later, it was taken from the jurisprudence of the Aquileia and directly subjected to the

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. On 3 March 1787, it became an

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and a

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, which it remained until 1807, when it was for political reasons degraded to a common diocese. The Nazi persecution of the Church in annexed Slovenia was akin to that which occurred in Poland. Within six weeks of the Nazi occupation, only 100 of the 831 priests in the

Diocese of Maribor The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lava ...

and part of the Diocese of Ljubljana remained free. Clergy were persecuted and sent to concentration camps, religious Orders had their properties seized. The diocese was again elevated to an archdiocese by

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on 22 December 1961, and to a metropolis by

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on 22 November 1968. Today the archdiocese has two suffragan sees,

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(since 1977) and

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(since 2006). It is the principal

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of Slovenia; one living former archbishop,

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, CM, was promoted to a Curial office (Prefect of the

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) and made a Cardinal.

List of bishops of Ljubljana

* Sigmund Lamberg (1463–1488) * Krištof Ravbar (1488–1536) * Franc Kacijanar (1536–1543) * Urban Textor (Tkalec) (1543–1558) *

Peter Seebach Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

(1558–1568) * Konrad Adam Glušič (1571–1578) * Baltazar Radlič (1579) *

Johann Tautscher Johann Tautscher (Slovenized: ''Janez Tavčar'', 1544 – August 24, 1597) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Ljubljana. Life and work Tautscher was born around 1544 to a peasant family in Štanjel (according to the general belief, or a ...

(1580–1597) *

Thomas Chrön Thomas Chrön ( sl, Tomaž Hren; November 13, 1560 – February 10, 1630) was a Carniolan Roman Catholic priest, bishop of Ljubljana, and patron of the arts.Rajhman, Jože, & Emilijan Cevc. 1990. Tomaž Hren. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vo ...

(1597–1630) * Rinaldo Scarlichi (1630–1640) * Otto Friedrich von Buchheim (1641–1664)"Bishop Otto Friedrich von Buchheim (Puchheim)"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016 * Joseph Rabatta (1664–1683) * Sigmund von Herberstein (1683–1701) * Franz von Kuenburg (1701–1710) * Franz Karl von Kaunitz (1710–1717) * Wilhelm von Leslie (1718–1727) *Sigmund Felix von Schrattenbach (1727–1742) * Ernest Attems (1742–1757) * Leopold Petazzi de Castel Nuovo (1760–1772) *

Johann Karl von Herberstein Johann Karl von Herberstein (Slovenized: ''Karel Janez Herberstein'', July 7, 1719 – October 7, 1787) was a bishop of Ljubljana. Life Johann Karl von Herberstein's parents were the Styrian governor Johann Ernst von Herberstein (1671–1746) ...

(1772–1787) * Michel Brigido (1787–1807) * Anton Kavčič (1807–1814) * Augustin Gruber (1815–1823) * Anton Aloys Wolf (1824–1859) * Jernej Vidmar (1860–1875) * Janez Zlatoust Pogačar (1875–1884) *

Jakob Missia Jacob Missia (30 June 1838 – 24 March 1902) was a Slovene prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Gorizia and Gradisca from 1898 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1899, the first Slovenian to be given that rank. He was pr ...

(1884–1898) *

Anton Bonaventura Jeglič Anton may refer to: People * Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Anton (surname) Places * Anton Municipality, Bulgaria ** Anton, Sofia Province, a village * Antón District, Panama ** Antón, a town and capital ...

(1898–1930) *

Gregorij Rožman Gregorij Rožman (9 March 1883 – 16 November 1959) was a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate. Between 1930 and 1959, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Ljubljana. He may be best-remembered for his controversial role during World War II. Rožm ...

(1930–1959)

List of archbishops of Ljubljana

Anton Vovk The Archbishop Anton Vovk (19 May 1900 – 7 July 1963) was born in the village of Vrba, Slovenia, Vrba in Upper Carniola in the Prešeren House, same house where the poet France Prešeren had been born 100 years earlier (Vovk was Prešeren' ...

(1959–1963) *

Jožef Pogačnik Jožef Pogačnik (October 19, 1866 in Podnart – August 18, 1932) was a Slovenian politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovenes within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from October 31, 1918 to January 20, 1919 under the reign of Pe ...

(1964–1980) * Alojzij Šuštar (1980–1997) *

, C.M. (1997–2004) (elevated to Cardinal in 2006) **

Andrej Glavan Andrej Glavan (born 16 October 1943) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Novo Mesto from its creation on 7 April 2006 until his retirement on 30 June 2021. Also he was a Titular Bishop of Musti in ...

, Apostolic Administrator (2004) *

Alojz Uran Alojz Uran or Alojzij Uran (22 January 1945 – 11 April 2020) was a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, from 4 December 2004 till 28 November 2009, when he resigned due ...

(2004–2009) *

, C.M. (2009–2013) **

, Apostolic Administrator (2013–2014) * Stane Zore, OFM (2014–present)

Auxiliary bishops

* Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M. (1639–1651)"Bishop Michael Chumer (Chumberg), O.F.M."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016 *Franc Jožef Mikolič (Mikolitsch) (1789–1793) *Franz von Raigesfeld, S.J. (1795–1800) *Johannes Antonius de Ricci (1801–1818) *

(1946–1959) Appointed, Bishop of Ljubljana *Jožef Pogačnik (1963–1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Ljubljana *Stanislav Lenič (1967–1988) *Jožef Kvas (1983–1999) *

(1992–2004) Appointed, Archbishop of Ljubljana *

(2000–2006) Appointed, Bishop of Novo Mesto * Anton Jamnik (2005–) *

Franc Šuštar Bishop Franc Šuštar (born 27 April 1959) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as a Titular Bishop of Ressiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Ljubljana since 7 February 2015. Education Bishop Šuštar was born into a Roman C ...

(2015–)

References

External links

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