Rite Roman Rite Emeritus Bishops László Huzsvár Country Serbia Emeritus bishop László Huzsvár | Pope Francis Area 9,387 km² Bishop László Német Metropolitan archbishop Stanislav Hočevar | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
552,809
64,110 (11.6%) Established 10 February 1923
(As Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Banat)
16 December 1986
(As Diocese of Zrenjanin) Cathedral Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk, Zrenjanin Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: Dioecesis Zrenjanensis, Serbian: Zrenjaninska biskupija / Зрењанинска бискупија, Hungarian: Nagybecskereki egyházmegye, Croatian: Zrenjaninska biskupija, German: Bistum Zrenjanin) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Serbia. It is subject to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade. The Diocese is centered in the city of Zrenjanin. László Német currently serves as bishop.
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Territory
The Diocese of Zrenjanin encompasses the Serbian part of the Banat region, which is mostly situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (the small part of the area administratively belongs to the City of Belgrade).
The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint John of Nepomuk in Zrenjanin, which was built in 1868.
The diocese is multi-ethnic and has members primarily from the sizable Hungarian and Croat communities, as well as Bulgarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and Germans.
History
It was erected as an Apostolic administration for Yugoslav Banat in 1923 and elevated to a diocese in 1986. Until the end of World War II, the largest number of Catholics in the territory of this diocese was of German ethnicity.