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Archdiocese of Zadar (Zara)

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Bishop(s)

  • Milan Zgrablić, Archbishop
  • Želimir Puljić, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1054
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Croatia
  • Square Kilometers: 3,009 (1,162 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.zadarskanadbiskupija.hr
  • Mailing Address: Nadbiskupski Ordinarijat, Jurja Biankinija 2, 23000 Zadar, Hrvatska
  • Telephone: (023)208.650

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1054ElevatedArchdiocese of Zadar (Zara)
1 August 1932Territory AddedDiocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) (Lagosta island)
Diocese of Krk (Veglia) (Gherso, Lussino, and other smaller islands around Liburnian gulf)
Archdiocese of Zadar (Zara) (Limited to area controlled by Italy)
1 August 1932ElevatedArchdiocese of Zadar (Zara) (no longer a Metropolitan)
1 March 1948ElevatedArchdiocese of Zadar (Zara) (became a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
194835,20036,00097.8%511667525213731ap1951
1970166,251192,51286.4%81271081,53933155107ap1971
1980144,700187,00077.4%75301051,37837178112ap1981
1990145,000188,00077.1%6233951,52639183112ap1991
1999155,500160,00097.2%72341061,46639148116ap2000
2000155,500164,31094.6%76311071,45335148116ap2001
2001158,215164,31096.3%75351101,43841144117ap2002
2002155,559164,96594.3%72311031,51036139117ap2003
2003157,235166,64194.4%77351121,40339142117ap2004
2004158,344164,16096.5%76271031,53734143117ap2005
2010160,964167,06496.3%89381271,26741143117ap2011
2014161,751169,07495.7%79381171,38240138117ap2015
2017166,058170,58097.3%75401151,44340136117ap2018
2020165,843169,53097.8%74401141,45440127117ap2021
2022165,122169,02597.7%73411141,44841128117ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 280, and Page 281
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 166
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 215
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 207
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 225
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 241
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 219
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 425, to Page 426
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 75, to Page 77

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