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nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">Scripture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Theology</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology" title="Catholic theology">Catholic theology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Governance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Bishops%27_Conference_of_Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius" title="International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius">International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Latin" title="Ecclesiastical Latin">Latin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">419,377 (2022)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Catholic Church in Serbia</b> (<a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: <span lang="sr">Католичка црква у Србији</span>, <span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr">Katolička crkva u Srbiji</i></span>) is part of the worldwide <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, under the spiritual leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. 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class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#988558; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Srijem" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem">Diocese of Srijem</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC0CB; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Administration_of_Prizren" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Administration of Prizren">Apostolic Administration of Prizren</a></div> </figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the end of the 12th century, regions of <a href="/wiki/Syrmia" title="Syrmia">Syrmia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ma%C4%8Dva" title="Mačva">Mačva</a> (in modern Serbia) came under the direct rule of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a>, and during the first half of the 13th century, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Syrmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Syrmia">Roman Catholic Diocese of Syrmia</a> was established for Catholics in those regions. In the same time, jurisdiction over Catholic communities in <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval Serbia">medieval Serbia</a> (a predominantly <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> country), was exercised by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kotor" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor">Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bar" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar</a>, whose prelates took the title: <a href="/wiki/Primate_of_Serbia_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primate of Serbia (Roman Catholic)">Primate of Serbia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Primas Serviae</i>). By the 15th century, some attempts were made to establish a Roman Catholic diocese for the regions of <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smederevo" title="Smederevo">Smederevo</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Despotate" title="Serbian Despotate">Serbian Despotate</a>. Attempts of missionary <a href="/wiki/John_of_Capistrano" title="John of Capistrano">John of Capistrano</a> to convert Serbian ruler <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a> (1427-1456) from Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism failed. All of those territories gradually fell under <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> rule (1459-1521), and the care of local Catholics came under jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan_Province_of_Bosnia" title="Franciscan Province of Bosnia">Franciscan Province of Bosnia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrić2016202-227_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrić2016202-227-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1717, the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Habsburg Monarchy">Habsburg Monarchy</a> captured Belgrade from the Ottomans, and the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Passarowitz" title="Treaty of Passarowitz">Treaty of Passarowitz</a> was concluded in 1718, officially assigning Belgrade with <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia_(1718%E2%80%931739)" title="Kingdom of Serbia (1718–1739)">much of central Serbia to the Habsburgs</a>. Since local Serbian population was Eastern Orthodox, Habsburg authorities pursued complex religious policies towards various Christian communities, by recognizing the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitanate_of_Karlovci#History" title="Metropolitanate of Karlovci">Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Belgrade</a>, and also establishing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgrade. After the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Belgrade_(1739)" title="Capture of Belgrade (1739)">loss of Belgrade</a> to the Ottomans in 1739, many of local Catholics left the region, and the Diocese was returned to the state pf provisional administration, that would continue up to the beginning of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitrović2011209–217_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitrović2011209–217-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETočanac-Radović2018155–167_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETočanac-Radović2018155–167-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first official <a href="/wiki/Concordat" title="Concordat">Concordat</a> between the former <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia" title="Kingdom of Serbia">Kingdom of Serbia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> was concluded on 24 June 1914. Through the Second Article of Concordat, it was decided that the regular <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Belgrade" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade">Archdiocese of Belgrade</a> should be created.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, those provisions could not be implemented, and only after the war were new arrangements made. </p><p>In 1918, Serbia became part of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Yugoslavia</a>. By 1924, the Archdiocese of Belgrade was officially created and the first Archbishop appointed. Negotiations on a new Concordat between the Kingdom and the Holy See were led by the Yugoslav <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Yugoslavia)" title="Ministry of Justice (Yugoslavia)">Minister of Justice</a> Ljudevit Auer and Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (who later become <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a>). The Concordat was signed in 1935, but was never officially ratified because of a political crisis in Yugoslavia (1936-1937). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hierarchy">Hierarchy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hierarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Latin rite hierarchy consist of a metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Belgrade" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade</a> and its suffragans, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Zrenjanin" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin">the diocese of Zrenjanin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Subotica" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica">the diocese of Subotica</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Srijem" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem">the diocese of Srijem</a> (suffragan to Croatian archdiocese Đakovo-Osijek). <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Prizren-Pristina" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina">The diocese of Prizren-Pristina</a> (immediately subject to the Holy See) covers the area of Kosovo. The <a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Ruski_Krstur" title="Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur">Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur</a> serves the faithful of Byzantine rite. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> <b>Catholics in Serbia</b> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2">1921 census<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1991 census </th> <th colspan="2">2002 census </th> <th colspan="2">2011 census </th> <th colspan="2">2022 Catholic Church diocese statistics </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Catholics </td> <td align="right">751,429 </td> <td align="right">17.16 </td> <td align="right">496,226 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">410,976 </td> <td align="right">5.48 </td> <td align="right">356,957 </td> <td align="right">4.97 </td> <td align="right">419,377 </td> <td align="right">6.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total population </td> <td align="right">4,378,595 </td> <td align="right">100 </td> <td align="right">7,759,571 </td> <td align="right">100 </td> <td align="right">7,498,001 </td> <td align="right">100 </td> <td align="right">7,186,862 </td> <td align="right">100 </td> <td align="right">6,647,003 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishops'_Conference_of_St._Cyril_and_Methodius"><span id="Bishops.27_Conference_of_St._Cyril_and_Methodius"></span>Bishops' Conference of St. Cyril and Methodius</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bishops' Conference of St. Cyril and Methodius"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_Bishops%27_Conference_of_Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius" title="International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius">International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg/220px-Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg/330px-Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg/440px-Zrenjanin_Cathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zrenjanin" title="Zrenjanin">Zrenjanin</a> Cathedral</figcaption></figure> <p>The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the International Catholic <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Conference">Episcopal Conference</a> that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia. Permanent members are the Catholic bishops and archbishops from the four countries. Two bishops are authorized (Apostolic Exarchate) for jurisdictional districts of the Byzantine rite. As of 2012, the Chairman of the Conference is the Archbishop of Bar Zef Gashi. The conference is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_European_Bishops%27_Conferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of European Bishops' Conferences">Council of European Bishops' Conferences</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catholic_organisations">Catholic organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Catholic organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Caritas_Serbia" title="Caritas Serbia">Caritas Serbia</a> is a Catholic social welfare and humanitarian relief organisation operating all over the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Serbia" title="Religion in Serbia">Religion in Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Serbia" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia">Eastern Orthodoxy in Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Serbia" title="Protestantism in Serbia">Protestantism in Serbia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Serbia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Serbia">Demographics of Serbia</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/serbia">Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=248c&u=23r">The ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-28</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEĆirković2004_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFĆirković2004">Ćirković 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrić2016202-227-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrić2016202-227_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAndrić2016">Andrić 2016</a>, p. 202-227.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitrović2011209–217-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitrović2011209–217_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitrović2011">Mitrović 2011</a>, p. 209–217.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETočanac-Radović2018155–167-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETočanac-Radović2018155–167_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTočanac-Radović2018">Točanac-Radović 2018</a>, p. 155–167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://licodu.cois.it/?p=4105&lang=en">Concordat between the Holy See and the Realm of Serbia in 1914</a></span> </li> <li 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