The Diocese of Sisak ( hr, Sisačka biskupija; la, Dioecesis Sisciensis) is a

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in the Sisak-Moslavina region,

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. It is a suffragan diocese in the

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of the metropolitan

Archdiocese of Zagreb The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb ( hr, Zagrebačka nadbiskupija, la, Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb. It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, an ...

. Its

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is Katedrala Uzvišenja sv. Križa, dedicated to

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, in the episcopal see of Sisak, which also has a

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: Bazilika Sv. Kvirina, dedicated to saint and martyr

Quirinus of Sescia Quirinus ( hr, Kvirin) (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea. A ''Passio'', considered unreliable,

, the first bishop of the diocese.

History

* Established in the 3rd century as Diocese of Siscia (the Roman Sisak). Although Siscia became the capital of the

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of Pannonia Savia (the southwestern quarter of Pannonia), it was not raised to Metropolitan status. Its history remains sketchy. * By the 7th century it may already have become extinct, its territory being taken over by the then Diocese of Zagreb, its future Metropolitan (promoted 1852) around the 10th century, the Sisak see being formally suppressed no later than the 11th century. * In May 1999, the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Episcopal

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of Sisak (Curiate Italian) / Siscia (Latin) / Siscien(sis) (Latin adjective), but would only have a single incumbent, of the higher archiepiscopal rank. * On 5 December 2009

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re-erected the residential Diocese of Sisak, resurrecting the titular title and splitting (back) off its present territory from its metropolitan, the

, an unusual instance of a titular diocese of the Catholic Church becoming a residential one again. On the same day the Pope erected the new

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, also within the Ecclesiastical province of Zagreb in Croatia.

Statistics

, it pastorally served 163,844 Catholics (82.7% of 198,156 total) on 5,500 km² in 77 parishes with 63 priests (43 diocesan, 20 religious), 102 lay religious (20 brothers, 82 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Bishops of Ancient Siscia / Sisak * Saint martyr

Quirinus of Sescia Quirinus ( hr, Kvirin) (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea. A ''Passio'', considered unreliable,

: ''next centuries incomplete'' * Marcus (mentioned in 343) * Constantius I (in 381) * ... * Johannes (in 530) * Constantius II (in 532) * Vindemius (before 579 - after 590) Other authors assign him to the Istrian diocese of Cissa (now Novalja and a titular bishopric) * ... ;''Titular Bishop of Sisak'' * ''Titular Archbishop ersonal rank

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(born Croatia) (1999.05.22 – 2009.11.25) as papal diplomat and Roman Curia official :

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(papal ambassador) to

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(1999.05.22 – 2004.02.11), Secretary General of General Synod of Bishops (2004.02.11 – 2013.09.21); 'transferred' (as the title of Sisak was no longer available as titular see) Titular Archbishop of

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(2009.11.25 – ...) and next Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (2013.09.21 – ...). ;''Bishops of Sisak (modern diocese) * Vlado Košić (2009.12.05 - ...), previously

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of Ruspæ (1998.12.29 – 2009.12.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Croatia) (1998.12.29 – 2009.12.05).

Notes

Sources and external links

GCatholic, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections

Official site of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak (in Croatian)

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From the Vatican Press Office

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History

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Episcopal ordinaries

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