Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci

Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci Dioecesis Bellovariensis-Crisiensis Bjelovarsko-križevačka biskupija
Location
Country	Croatia
Metropolitan	Zagreb
Statistics
Area	3,741 km2 (1,444 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 189,068 174,700 (92.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Teresa of Avila, Bjelovar (Katedrala Sv. Terezije Avilske, Bjelovar)
Co-cathedral	Co-cathedral of the Holy Cross (Konkatedrala sv. Križ, Križevci)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vjekoslav Huzjak
Metropolitan Archbishop	Josip Bozanić

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci (Croatian: Bjelovarsko-križevačka biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Bellovariensis-Crisiensis) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Zagreb in Croatia. On December 5, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Zagreb. On the same day the Pope erected the new Diocese of Sisak, also in Croatia and within the Ecclesiastical province of Zagreb.

The see of the diocese is in the city of Bjelovar, where the Cathedral of Saint Teresa of Avila is situated. The diocesan co-cathedral of the Holy Cross is in the city of Križevci.

Leadership

• Bishops of Bjelovar-Križevci (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak (since 2009.12.05)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Croatia

Sources

• Catholic Information
• Italian Wikipedia
• GCatholic.org
• From the Vatican Press Office