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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vrhbosnensis o Seraiensis Vrhbosanska nadbiskupija metropolija
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo
Location
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ecclesiastical province	Sarajevo
Statistics
Area	22,400 km (8,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 1.797.991 129,189 (6.9%)
Parishes	155
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th century
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Patron saint	Sacred Heart
Secular priests	150
Language	Croatian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Tomo Vukšić
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tomo Vukšić
Suffragans	Željko Majić, Petar Palić, Kiro Stojanov
Vicar General	Slađan Ćosić
Judicial Vicar	Šime Ivelj
Archdeacons	Msgr. Pavo Jurišić Msgr. Darko Tomašević Msgr. Bosiljko Rajić Msgr. Ante Meštrović
Bishops emeritus	Vinko Puljić
Map
Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (blue)
Website
vrhbosanska-nadbiskupija.org

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna (also known as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sarajevo) is an ecclesiastical archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its territorial remit includes the eastern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the entirety of the Republic of North Macedonia. Its episcopal see is the city of Sarajevo (Vrhbosna), the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The archdiocese has the following suffragans: in North Macedonia the Diocese of Skopje; in Bosnia, the dioceses of Banja Luka, Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan.

Vrhbosna's cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Sarajevo. Tomo Vukšić currently serves as the archbishop of the archdiocese.

History

The Diocese of Bosnia (Latin: Dioecesis Bosniensis) existed in Bosnia between the 11th and 15th centuries, and remained as a single title until 1773 when it was given to the Bishop of Sirmia.

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It is not known precisely when the Bosnian diocese was established. Based on a collection of historical documents Provinciale Vetus, published in 1188, which mention it twice, once subordinated to the Archdiocese of Split, and another time under the Archdiocese of Ragusa, it is assumed that it came into existence between 1060 and 1075. During the 12th century, it was contested between those two archdioceses as well as another two, the Archdiocese of Antivari and the Archdiocese of Kalocsa. In 1244, an endowment of the parishes of Đakovo and Blezna by King Bela IV of Hungary listed the other parishes of the diocese, namely Vrhbosna, Neretva, Lepenica, Vidgossa (Viduša), Mile (near today's Visoko), Lašva, Uskoplje, Brod (near today's Zenica), Borač (near today's Rogatica).

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the Bishops of Bosnia were mainly Dominican missionaries who were sent in to combat the spread of the Bosnian Church. At the turn of the 14th century, the Franciscans also arrived with the same purpose, at first in Usora and Soli, at the request of Stephen Dragutin of Serbia. The two orders engaged in a prolonged dispute over the control of the province, in which the Franciscans ultimately prevailed, yet the weakened diocese still succumbed to the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in 1463.

During the Ottoman occupation, the bishop of Bosnia had no effective control over the territory of Bosnia, rather, the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena remained the primary vessel of Catholicism in the area. In 1735, the Holy See founded the Apostolic Vicariate for Bosnia, and assigned Franciscans as apostolic vicars to direct it, thereby formally ending the jurisdiction of this diocese over Bosnia.

In 1773, pope Clement XIV united formally the diocese with the Diocese of Syrmia on demand of the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Croatia, Maria Theresa. The 1773 change subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Zagreb. In 1881, the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna was erected, that included the actual territory of Bosnia. The Diocese of Bosnia (Ðakovo) and Srijem became the present-day Archdiocese of Ðakovo-Osijek.

On 5 July 1881, Pope Leo XIII issued Ex hac augusta Principis Apostolorum cathedra, a bull by which he restored the regular Church hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the restoration, both vicariates, the Bosnian (1735–1881) and the Herzegovinian (1846–81) were abolished.

The old Diocase of Bosnia was elevated as the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna. The pope subordinated to it three other dioceses: the newly established Diocese of Banja Luka, the already existing Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan (under the apostolic administration from the bishop of Dubrovnik at the time) and the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, to which he added the title of bishop of Duvno as well. The Diocese of Mostar-Duvno encompassed the territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina, which was abolished.

The Apostolic Vicar of Bosnia Paškal Vuičić was simply retired after the abolishment of the vicariate, while the Apostolic Vicar of Herzegovina Paškal Buconjić was appointed Bishop of Mostar-Duvno. Josip Stadler was appointed the Archbishop of Vrhbosna and Administrator of Banja Luka.

The Bosnian War, which resulted in the Siege of Sarajevo on the archdiocese's home, gravely impacted the archdiocese. In the war's aftermath, repairs had to be completed to many damaged churches and chapels. The biggest struggle has been the exodus of Croats, causing the Catholic population in the diocese to drop to less than half of what it was before the conflict.

Ordinaries

Tomo Vukšić

Auxiliary Bishops of Vrhbosna

Administrative division

Saints, Blesseds & Venerables of Vrhbosna

• Drina Martyrs - the professed Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, murdered because of their faith in Bosnia and Hercegovina between December 15 and 23, 1941.
• Josip Stadler, Servant of God - the first modern archbishop of Vrhbosna and the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus. The process for his canonization began in Sarajevo on June 20, 2002.
• Petar Barbarić, Servant of God - Jesuit seminarian

See also

• Drina Martyrs
• Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. ^ "Bishops' Conference" (PDF).
2. ^ "Diocese of Bosnia (Bosna)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Đakovo–Osijek" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. OŠJ 1975, p. 134.
5. Napredak 1998, pp. 718–736.
6. OŠJ 1975, p. 334.
7. Napredak 1998, pp. 747–751.
8. Šanjek 1996, p. 54.
9. Napredak 1998, p. 755.
10. OŠJ 1975, p. 370.
11. "Archdiocese of Ðakovo-Osijek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
12. Džaja 2002, p. 49.
13. Vrankić 2016, p. 113.
14. Vrankić 2016, p. 114.
15. Džaja 2002, pp. 49–50.
16. "Archbishop Josef Stadler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
17. ^ "Archbishop Ivan Šarić". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
18. ^ "Archbishop Marko Jozinović". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
19. ^ "Archbishop Smiljan Franjo Cekada". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
20. ^ "Archbishop Marko Alaupovic". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
21. "Vinko Cardinal Puljic". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
22. "Bishop Pero Sudar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
23. "Archbishop Antonio Bonaventura Jeglič". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
24. "Bishop Tomislav Jablanovic". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Sources

• Džaja, Srećko (2002). Bosna i Hercegovina u austrougarskom razdoblju (1878 - 1918) [Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Austrian-Hungarian period (1878 - 1918)] (in Croatian). Mostar: ZIRAL. ISBN 9958370298.
• Opći šematizam Katoličke crkve u Jugoslaviji 1974 (in Croatian). Zagreb: Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia. 1975.
• Povijest Bosne i Hercegovine od najstarijih vremena do godine 1463 (in Croatian). Vol. I. Sarajevo: HKD Napredak. 1998.
• Šanjek, Franjo (1996). Kršćanstvo na hrvatskom prostoru. Pregled religiozne povijesti Hrvata (7.-20. st.) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Kršćanska sadašnjost.
• Vrankić, Petar (2016). "Izbori i imenovanja biskupa u Hercegovini u doba austro-ugarske vladavine (1878. - 1918.) na primjeru biskupa fra Paškala Buconjića" [Elections and appointments of bishops in Herzegovina during the Austrian-Hungarian rule (1878 - 1918) on the example of Bishop Fr. Paškal Buconjić]. Hercegovina (in Croatian). 2: 109–140.

External links

• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Serajevo" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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Province of Sarajevo	Archdiocese of Vrhbosna Diocese of Banja Luka Diocese of Mostar-Duvno Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan
Other	Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci
Former dioceses	Diocese of Duvno Diocese of Makarska Diocese of Sarsenterum Diocese of Bosnia Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina
Cathedrals	Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sarajevo Cathedral of Saint Bonaventure, Banja Luka Cathedral of Mary, Mother of the Church, Mostar Cathedral of the Birth of Mary, Trebinje
Relations	Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bosnia and Herzegovina
See also	Our Lady of Medjugorje Church of St John in Podmilačje Ivan Merz Blessed Martyrs of Drina Josip Stadler Petar Barbarić
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v t e Archbishops of Vrhbosna
Cardinal-Archbishops	Vinko Puljić
Archbishops	Josip Stadler Ivan Šarić Marko Alaupović Smiljan Franjo Čekada Marko Jozinović Tomo Vukšić
Auxiliary Bishops	Anton Bonaventura Jeglič Tomislav Jablanović Pero Sudar
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