Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci
The Eparchy of Križevci is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia eparchy of the Catholic Church in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current eparch is Milan Stipić. The cathedra is in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, in the episcopal see of Križevci, Croatia.
Eparchy of Križevci Dioecesis Crisiensis Križevačka eparhija | |
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Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Križevci, Croatia | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Zagreb |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 21,270 |
| Parishes | 44 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 17 June 1777 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Križevci, Croatia |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Zagreb |
| Secular priests | 28 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Eparch | Milan Stipić |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Josip Bozanić |
| Bishops emeritus | Nikola Kekić |
| Website | |
It mostly gathers its faithful among ethnic Croats in central and eastern Croatia, and among the Ukrainians and Rusyns in eastern Slavonia, with a small Serbian minority. The liturgy used by the Eparchy is the Slavonic form of the Byzantine Rite, using the Old Church Slavonic language and the Cyrillic alphabet.
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