Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek

Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek Archidioecesis Diacovensis
Location
Country	Croatia
Metropolitan	Đakovo and Osijek
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2006) 460,310
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4th century
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Đakovo
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Osijek
Patron saint	Saint Elijah
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Archbishop	Marin Srakić Archbishop of Đakovo-Osijek
Website
biskupijadjs.hr

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek (Latin: Archidioecesis Diacovensis); (Croatian: Đakovačko-osječka nadbiskupija) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia.

The archdiocese is centred on the cities of Đakovo and Osijek, in Croatia.

Currently, Bishop Marin Srakić, who was appointed in 1997, as bishop, and in 2008, elevated to Archbishop is head of the diocese.

The Archdiocese currently has two suffragans: the Diocese of Požega, and the Diocese of Srijem.

History

The archdiocese has a long and complicated history. Originally erected in the 4th Century as the diocese of Sirmio, the diocese was united with the diocese of Bosnia in July of 1773. In 1963, the diocese was renamed to the diocese of Đakovo or Bosnia and Srijem (Diacovensis seu Bosnensis et Sirmiensis), to reflect its division across the borders of Croatia and Serbia. Finally, the diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese on July 18, 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI, renamed to the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek and the new Diocese of Srijem was split off, and made a suffragan. The new Archdiocese also received the Diocese of Požega, as its second suffragan.

Ordinaries

• Petar (around 1374)
• Mijo Kesarić
• Đuro
• Đuro Patačić (around 1706)
• Petar Bakić (around 1719.)
• Josip Čolnić
• Ladislav Szörényi † ( 1733 Appointed - 13 Nov 1752 Died)
• Antun Mandić † (26 Aug 1806 Appointed - 11 Jan 1815 Died)
• Emerik Karlo Raffay † (22 Jul 1816 Appointed - 10 Jan 1830 Died)
• Josip Kuković
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer † (10 May 1850 Appointed - 8 Apr 1905 Died)
• Anđelko Voršak (around 1900)
• Ivan Krapac † (24 May 1910 Appointed - 17 Jul 1916 Died)
• Antun Akšamović † (22 Apr 1920 Appointed - 28 Mar 1942 Resigned)
• Stjepan Bauerlein † (12 Oct 1959 Appointed - 9 Aug 1973 Died)
• Ćiril Kos † (6 Feb 1974 Appointed - 6 Feb 1997 Retired)
• Marin Srakić (6 Feb 1997 Succeeded - )

External links

• Diocese of Đakovo
• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddjak.html