Archdiocese of Zagreb

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Bishop(s) Dražen Kutleša, Archbishop Mijo Gorski, Auxiliary Bishop Ivan Šaško, Auxiliary Bishop Josip Bozanić, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Bjelovar-Križevci Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci) Sisak Varaždin

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 11 December 1852 Metropolitan See Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Croatia Square Kilometers: 4,246 (1,640 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.zg-nadbiskupija.hr/ Mailing Address: Nadbiskupski Duhovni Stol, Kaptol 31, 10000 Zagreb; p.p. 553, 10001, Zagreb, Hrvatska Telephone: (01)48.94.808 Fax: 48.17.714

Historical Details

• Diocese of Zagreb (Agram)
  • Latin Name: Zagrebiensis
  • Erected: 1093
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kalocsa
  • Country: Croatia

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Dominik † ( 1190 Appointed - 1206 Died)
• Gothard † ( 1206 Appointed - 1214 Died)
• Stjepan Babonić † ( 1215 Appointed - 10 Jul 1247 Died)
• Fülöp Szentgróti † (1 Oct 1248 Appointed - 11 Jan 1262 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Timotej † (24 Sep 1263 Appointed - 4 Apr 1287 Died)
• Anton † (May 1287 Appointed - 4 Nov 1287 Died)
• Iwan † ( 1288 Appointed - 13 Oct 1295 Died)
• Mihály Boi † ( 1292 Appointed - 4 Nov 1303 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Bl. Augustin Kažotić (Gazotti), O.P. † (9 Dec 1303 Appointed - 21 Aug 1322 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera)
• Jacques Corvo, O.P. † (21 Aug 1322 Appointed - 13 Mar 1326 Appointed, Bishop of Quimper)
• László Kobal † (13 Mar 1326 Appointed - 24 Mar 1343 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Giacomo de Piacenza † (24 Mar 1343 Appointed - 1349 Died)
• Dionizije Lacković † ( 1349 Appointed - 11 Jan 1350 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Miklós Keszei † (11 Jan 1350 Appointed - 4 Aug 1356 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Stjepan Kaniški † (4 Aug 1356 Appointed - 1375 Resigned)
• Dömötör Vaskúti † (23 Jan 1376 Appointed - 1378 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Pavao von Horvata † (2 Sep 1379 Appointed - 1386 Removed)
• János Czudar † (4 Jun 1386 Appointed - 1394 Died)
• Ivan de Gara † (2 Jan 1395 Appointed - 1397 Resigned)
• Eberhard Alben † (16 Jul 1397 Appointed - Apr 1406 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
• Andrea Scolari † (Apr 1406 Appointed - 11 Aug 1410 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
• Eberhard Alben † (11 Aug 1410 Appointed - 1419 Died)
• János Albeni † (26 Feb 1421 Appointed - 1433 Died)
• Benedikt de Zolio † (29 Jul 1440 Appointed - 13 Feb 1447 Appointed, Bishop of Knin (Tinin))
• Demetrij Čupor Moslavački † (13 Feb 1447 Appointed - 18 Jul 1453 Appointed, Bishop of Knin (Tinin))
• Benedikt de Zolio † (18 Jul 1453 Appointed - 1454 Died)
• Thomas de Debrenthe (Branche), O.S.B. † (11 Oct 1454 Appointed - 13 Jan 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
• Demetrij Čupor Moslavački † (14 Jun 1465 Appointed - 14 Apr 1466 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
• Osvald Thuz † (17 Apr 1466 Appointed - 15 Apr 1499 Died)
• Lukács Szegedi Baratin † (24 Jul 1500 Appointed - 22 Sep 1510 Died)
• Ivan Bakač Erdödy † (9 May 1511 Appointed - 1519 Resigned)
• Šimun Erdődy † (23 Mar 1519 Appointed - 2 Jun 1543 Died)
• Miklós Oláh † ( 1543 Appointed - 4 Jul 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• Pál Gregoriancz (Gregorianci) † (4 Jul 1550 Appointed - 3 Aug 1554 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
• Matija Bruman † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 18 Aug 1563 Died)
• György Drašković † (22 Mar 1564 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1578 Confirmed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
• János Monoszlóy † (29 Oct 1578 Appointed - 3 Nov 1584 Died)
• Péter Herešinec (Heressinczy) † (8 Mar 1585 Appointed - 26 Oct 1587 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
• Gašpar Stankovački † (20 Mar 1589 Appointed - 1596 Died)
• Miklós Zelniczey Naprady † (15 Dec 1600 Appointed - 1604 Died)
• Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. † (13 Sep 1604 Appointed - 1611 Died)
• Petar Domitrović † (15 Jul 1613 Appointed - 1629 Died)
• Franjo Ergelski Hasanović † (17 Dec 1629 Appointed - 1642 Died)
• Benedikt Vinković † (28 Apr 1642 Confirmed - 2 Dec 1642 Died)
• Martin Bogdan † (3 Aug 1643 Appointed - Dec 1647 Died)
• Petar Petretić † (1 Feb 1649 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1667 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Martin Borković, O.S.P.P.E. † (11 Jun 1668 Confirmed - 31 Oct 1687 Died)
• Aleksandar Ignacije Mikulić Brokunovečki † (11 Oct 1688 Confirmed - 11 May 1694 Died)
• Stjepan Seliščević † (10 Jan 1695 Appointed - 1 Apr 1703 Died)
• Márton Brajkovićs † (14 Jan 1704 Confirmed - 4 Jun 1708 Died)
• Imre Esterházy, O.S.P.P.E. † (9 Sep 1709 Appointed - 17 Mar 1727 Confirmed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Juraj Branjug † (26 Nov 1727 Appointed - 28 Apr 1748 Died)
• Franjo Klobusiczky † (2 Dec 1748 Confirmed - 20 Dec 1751 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Franjo Thauszy † (24 Jan 1752 Confirmed - 11 Jan 1769 Died)
• Ivan Krstitelj Paxy † (10 Sep 1770 Confirmed - 20 Dec 1771 Died)
• Josip Galjuf (Gallyuff) † (14 Dec 1772 Confirmed - 3 Feb 1786 Died)
• Maksimilijan Verhovácz (Vrhovac) † (10 Mar 1788 Confirmed - 16 Dec 1827 Died)
• Aleksandar Alagović † (15 Mar 1830 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1837 Died)
• Juraj Haulík Váralyai † (2 Oct 1837 Confirmed - 11 May 1869 Died)
• Josip Mihalović † (27 Jun 1870 Confirmed - 19 Feb 1891 Died)
• Josip Juraj Posilović † (18 May 1894 Confirmed - 26 Apr 1914 Died)
• Antun Bauer † (26 Apr 1914 Succeeded - 7 Dec 1937 Died)
• Bl. Alojzije Stepinac † (7 Dec 1937 Succeeded - 10 Feb 1960 Died)
• Franjo Šeper † (5 Mar 1960 Succeeded - 20 Aug 1969 Resigned)
• Franjo Kuharić † (16 Jun 1970 Appointed - 5 Jul 1997 Retired)
• Josip Bozanić (5 Jul 1997 Appointed - 15 Apr 2023 Resigned)
• Dražen Kutleša (15 Apr 2023 Succeeded - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Zagreb (Agram)
1093	Erected		Diocese of Zagreb (Agram) (erected)
17 June 1777	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veszprém Diocese of Zagreb (Agram)	Diocese of Szombathely (erected)
Archdiocese of Zagreb
11 December 1852	Elevated	Diocese of Zagreb (Agram)	Archdiocese of Zagreb
5 July 1997	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Zagreb (Pozega, Virovitica, Nasice, Nova Kapela, Nova Gradiska, and Pakrac along with Jasenovac, Krapje, and Lonja)	Diocese of Požega (erected)
5 July 1997	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Zagreb (lower Varazdin, upper Varazdin, Varazdinske-Toplice, Bednja, lower Medjimurje, upper Medjimurje, Djurdjevac, Koprivnica, and Virje)	Diocese of Varaždin (erected)
5 December 2009	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Zagreb (Sisak, Glina-Petrinja, Dubica-Kostajnica, Ivanic´ Grad, Kutina, and Pokupsko-Vukomerec)	Diocese of Sisak (erected)
5 December 2009	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Zagreb (Bjelovar, Cirkvena, Cazma, Garesnica, Krizevci, Vrbovec, and Zelina)	Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Zagreb
1950	1,900,000	2,353,000	80.7%	612	205	817	2,325		359	1,298	385	ap1951
1970	1,900,000	2,300,000	82.6%	494	261	755	2,516		540	1,642	414	ap1971
1980	2,000,000	2,350,000	85.1%	597	286	883	2,265		435	1,572	459	ap1981
1990	1,819,550	2,194,000	82.9%	551	303	854	2,130		503	1,475	489	ap1991
1999	1,381,336	1,670,432	82.7%	382	264	646	2,138		421	1,503	294	ap2000
2000	1,381,982	1,671,324	82.7%	380	281	661	2,090		108	1,374	296	ap2001
2001	1,380,298	1,670,243	82.6%	372	281	653	2,113		398	1,337	298	ap2002
2002	1,365,985	1,639,432	83.3%	378	289	667	2,047		398	1,366	307	ap2003
2003	1,456,214	1,645,123	88.5%	413	286	699	2,083		384	1,305	310	ap2004
2004	1,455,983	1,644,956	88.5%	394	328	722	2,016		419	1,317	312	ap2005
2010	1,101,900	1,237,650	89.0%	304	264	568	1,939	7	518	1,067	203	ap2011
2014	1,081,539	1,239,708	87.2%	326	244	570	1,897	15	391	1,129	206	ap2015
2017	1,002,923	1,211,298	82.8%	331	239	570	1,759	15	412	1,036	205	ap2018
2020	999,899	1,195,000	83.7%	333	246	579	1,726	14	386	908	205	ap2021
2022	1,000,162	1,191,875	83.9%	321	235	556	1,798	14	367	854	205	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Josip Bozanić (Archbishop: 5 Jul 1997 to 15 Apr 2023)
• Mijo Gorski (Priest: 26 Jun 1977; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 2010)
• Vjekoslav Huzjak (Priest: 29 Jun 1986 to 5 Jul 1997)
• Juraj Jezerinac (Priest: 26 Jun 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Apr 1991 to 25 Apr 1997)
• Vlado Košić (Priest: 30 Jun 1985; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Dec 1998 to 5 Dec 2009)
• Dražen Kutleša (Coadjutor Archbishop: 14 Feb 2023; Archbishop: 15 Apr 2023 - )
• Josip Mrzljak (Priest: 16 Nov 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Dec 1998 to 20 Mar 2007)
• Ivan Šaško (Priest: 28 Jun 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Aleksandar Alagović † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1830 to 18 Mar 1837)
• Eberhard Alben † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1397 to Apr 1406)
• János Albeni † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1421 to 1433)
• Stjepan Babonić † (Bishop: 1215 to 10 Jul 1247)
• Ivan Bakač Erdödy † (Bishop: 9 May 1511 to 1519)
• Antun Bauer † (Priest: 27 Jul 1879; Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Jan 1911; Archbishop: 26 Apr 1914 to 7 Dec 1937)
• Martin Bogdan † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1643 to Dec 1647)
• Mihály Boi † (Bishop: 1292 to 4 Nov 1303)
• Martin Borković, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 11 Jun 1668 to 31 Oct 1687)
• Márton Brajkovićs † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1704 to 4 Jun 1708)
• Juraj Branjug † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1727 to 28 Apr 1748)
• Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1604 to 1611)
• Polydor de Brixen, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Mar 1524 to 26 Apr 1534)
• Matija Bruman † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1560 to 18 Aug 1563)
• Jacques Corvo, O.P. † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1322 to 13 Mar 1326)
• Marko Culej † (Priest: 24 Apr 1964; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jan 1992 to 5 Jul 1997)
• Demetrij Čupor Moslavački † (Bishop: 13 Feb 1447 to 18 Jul 1453)
• János Czudar † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1386 to 1394)
• Thomas de Debrenthe (Branche), O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1454 to 13 Jan 1463)
• Petar Domitrović † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1613 to 1629)
• Nicolaus Don † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1571)
• György Drašković † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1564 to 27 Oct 1578)
• Šimun Erdődy † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1519 to 2 Jun 1543)
• Imre Esterházy, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1709 to 17 Mar 1727)
• Josip Galjuf (Gallyuff) † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1772 to 3 Feb 1786)
• Ivan de Gara † (Bishop: 2 Jan 1395 to 1397)
• Franz Gašparić † (Deacon: 11 Jun 1844; Priest: 20 Apr 1845; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Nov 1884 to 21 Jul 1897)
• Pál Gregoriancz (Gregorianci) † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1550 to 3 Aug 1554)
• Pavao Gugler † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1868)
• Istvan Harztovuyeza † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Nov 1498 to 1505)
• Franjo Ergelski Hasanović † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1629 to 1642)
• Juraj Haulík Váralyai † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1837; Archbishop: 11 Dec 1852 to 11 May 1869)
• Michael Herchi de Vadast † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Sep 1521)
• Péter Herešinec (Heressinczy) † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1585 to 26 Oct 1587)
• Pavao von Horvata † (Bishop: 2 Sep 1379 to 1386)
• Marin Ibrišimović, O.F.M. Obs. †
• Stjepan Kaniški † (Bishop: 4 Aug 1356 to 1375)
• Bl. Augustin Kažotić (Gazotti), O.P. † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1303 to 21 Aug 1322)
• Miklós Keszei † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1350 to 4 Aug 1356)
• Franjo Klobusiczky † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1748 to 20 Dec 1751)
• László Kobal † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1326 to 24 Mar 1343)
• Djuro Kokša † (Priest: 26 Oct 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1978 to 26 Nov 1998)
• Joannes Kraly † (Priest: 30 May 1815; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 1854 to 1883)
• Ivan Baptista Krapàc † (Priest: 1866; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1904 to 24 May 1910)
• Franjo Kuharić † (Priest: 15 Jul 1945; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Feb 1964; Archbishop: 16 Jun 1970 to 5 Jul 1997)
• Josip Kuković †
• Josip Lach † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Dec 1939 to 12 Sep 1983)
• Dionizije Lacković † (Bishop: 1349 to 11 Jan 1350)
• Josip Lang † (Priest: 16 Sep 1883; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Feb 1915 to 1 Nov 1924)
• Anton Mandić †
• Antun Maurović †
• Josip Mihalović † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 19 Feb 1891)
• Aleksandar Ignacije Mikulić Brokunovečki † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1688 to 11 May 1694)
• János Monoszlóy † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1578 to 3 Nov 1584)
• Miklós Oláh † (Bishop: 1543 to 4 Jul 1550)
• Georgius Patachich de Zajezda †
• Ivan Pavlešić † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jul 1871 to 9 Sep 1893)
• Ivan Krstitelj Paxy † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1770 to 20 Dec 1771)
• Petar Petretić † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1649 to 3 Aug 1667)
• Luka Petrović † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1868 to 31 Dec 1868)
• Giacomo de Piacenza † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1343 to 1349)
• Josip Juraj Posilović † (Archbishop: 18 May 1894 to 26 Apr 1914)
• Valentin Pozaić, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Feb 2005 to 13 May 2017)
• Dominik Premuš † (Priest: 25 Jul 1885; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Feb 1915 to 27 Mar 1934)
• Emeric Karol Raffay † (Deacon: 18 Dec 1776; Priest: 21 Dec 1776 to 22 Jul 1816)
• Adamus Benedictus Ratkaj (Ratkay) †
• Josip Salač † (Priest: 26 Jun 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jun 1970 to 19 Dec 1975)
• Joseph (Josip) Salecz (Žalec) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1821 to 1833)
• Franjo Salis-Seewis † (Priest: 1 Aug 1897; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 1926 to 27 Oct 1967)
• Andrea Scolari † (Bishop: Apr 1406 to 11 Aug 1410)
• Stjepan Seliščević † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1695 to 1 Apr 1703)
• Franjo Šeper † (Priest: 26 Oct 1930; Coadjutor Archbishop: 22 Jul 1954; Archbishop: 5 Mar 1960 to 20 Aug 1969)
• Mijo Škvorc, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jun 1970 to 15 Feb 1989)
• Gašpar Stankovački † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1589 to 1596)
• Bl. Alojzije Stepinac † (Priest: 26 Oct 1930; Coadjutor Archbishop: 28 May 1934; Archbishop: 7 Dec 1937 to 10 Feb 1960)
• Lukács Szegedi Baratin † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1500 to 22 Sep 1510)
• Fülöp Szentgróti † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1248 to 11 Jan 1262)
• Paul de Tauris-Jancic, O.F.M. Obs. †
• Franjo Thauszy † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1752 to 11 Jan 1769)
• Osvald Thuz † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1466 to 15 Apr 1499)
• Dömötör Vaskúti † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1376 to 1378)
• Maksimilijan Verhovácz (Vrhovac) † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1788 to 16 Dec 1827)
• Benedikt Vinković † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1642 to 2 Dec 1642)
• Paulus Zandinus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 1536)
• Miklós Zelniczey Naprady † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1600 to 1604)
• Benedikt de Zolio † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1440 to 13 Feb 1447)
• Anton † (Bishop: May 1287 to 4 Nov 1287)
• Dominik † (Bishop: 1190 to 1206)
• Etienne † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 May 1504 to 1519)
• Gothard † (Bishop: 1206 to 1214)
• György † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jun 1488)
• Iwan † (Bishop: 1288 to 13 Oct 1295)
• Timotej † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1263 to 4 Apr 1287)

Source(s)

Diocese of Zagreb (Agram) Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 537, and Page 538 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 271 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 338 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 375 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 421 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 448 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 401 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 600 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 398 Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 387, to Page 388

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