Eparchy of Križevci Dioecesis Crisiensis Križevačka eparhija |
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Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Križevci, Croatia
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Location | |
Territory | Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ecclesiastical province | Zagreb |
Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb |
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Population - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 21,270 |
Parishes | 44 |
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Denomination | 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 |
Bishop | Nikola Kekić |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Josip Bozanić |
Website | |
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The Eparchy of Križevci is an eparchy (diocese) of the Catholic Church for Eastern Catholics of Byzantine Rite in part of the former Yugoslavia, with its seat in Križevci, Croatia. It is part of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, an Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris of the Byzantine Rite which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. The Eparchy is currently headed by Bishop Nikola Kekić, who was appointed in 2009.
The Eparchy has jurisdiction over Eastern Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It mostly gathers its faithful among ethnic Croats in central and eastern Croatia, and among the 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.