Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje

Diocese of Skopje

Dioecesis Scopiensis

Скопска бискупија
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Skopje)
Location
CountryNorth Macedonia
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Vrhbosna
Statistics
Area30,010 km2 (11,590 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
2,350,000[1]
3,662[1] (0.2%)
Parishes2[1]
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Skopje)
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Bitola)
Secular priests3[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopKiro Stojanov
Metropolitan ArchbishopTomo Vukšić

The Diocese of Skopje (Lat:Dioecesis Scopiensis), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in North Macedonia. From the 4th century to 1656, when it was renamed to Archdiocese of Skopje, it was known as the Archdiocese of Dardania. In 1969 along with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren, it formed the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren. In 2000 it became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, and the bishop is Kiro Stojanov, appointed in 2005.

  1. ^ a b c d "Diocese of Skopje". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

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