Catholic Church in Montenegro

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St. Tryphon's Cathedral in Kotor
Map of Montenegro

The Catholic Church in Montenegro (

Schism of 1054 the Montenegrin Christians remained within the sphere of influence of the Church of Constantinople
.

There were 20,000 Catholics in

Croats
.

The Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro and to Bosnia and Herzegovina is Archbishop Francis Chullikatt.

Church of St. Ivan in Budva.

Organisation

Latin Church Catholics

Within Montenegro the

Napoleon I
in 1797 (Albania Veneta was mostly Catholic).

Eastern Catholics

There are very few Greek Catholics of Montenegro, and no diocese. The Greek Catholics are assigned to the pastoral care of the Latin Church clergy of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 official census, of the total 21,299 Catholics in Montenegro, there were:[4]

The highest concentration of Catholics is in the Diocese of Kotor, covering coastal areas long under Venetian influence and largely made up of Croat Catholics. The rest of Montenegro is covered by the Archdiocese of Bar, in which there were a total of 12,165 Catholics, mainly Albanian Catholics, in 2006, in the following settlements:

World Heritage Site

The Katedrala Svetog Trifuna is designated as a World Heritage Site.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
  2. ^ Diocese of Kotor: History (in Serbo-Croatian)
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 105 (2013), p. 187.
  4. ^ "Tabela CG5. Stanovništvo prema nacionalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti i vjeroispovijesti". monstat.org (in Montenegrin). Monstat. 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ G Catholic website

Sources

External links