Roman Catholic Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan

Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan Dioecesis Tribuniensis-Marcanensis Trebinjsko-mrkanska biskupija
Location
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ecclesiastical province	Sarajevo
Statistics
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	984
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Birth of Mary
Patron saint	Archangel Michael
Secular priests	32
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Apostolic Administrator	Ratko Perić
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vinko Puljić
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in eastern Herzegovina. It is the oldest and smallest Roman Catholic diocese of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

The diocese was formed sometime before the year 1022. An exact date is not known, but church officials decided to celebrate the diocese's millennium in 1984, estimatiing its foundation at 984. The diocese has its episcopal see in the city of Trebinje. However, from 1361 to 1391 it was relocated to the island of Mrkan, thus taking on the present double name.

In 1890, the diocese was united with the much larger Diocese of Mostar-Duvno. Since then it has been administered by Mostar-Duvno's bishop (currently Ratko Perić). However, unlike the rest of the Mostar-Duvno territory, Franciscan priests are not appointed to parishes in Trebinje-Mrkan, as the Franciscan custody does not extend into this region.

On May 1, 1984 the Church of the Birth of Mary in Trebinje was made a cathedral by decree. This came to coincide with a symposium held that year under the leadership of Bishop Pavao Žanić to study the historical and pastoral significance of the diocese. One of the most important parishes in the bishopric is the Shrine of the Queen of Peace in Hrasno. Every year thousands gather to celebrate the parish's feast day.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Trebinje-Mrkan

Bishops of Trebinje-Mrkan
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
c. 1142	c. 1154	Konstantin
c. 1154	1250	unknown
1250	1276	Salvije	Benedictine
1276	1322	unknown
1322	1333	Nikola	Franciscan friar
1333	1344	unknown
1344		Bonifacije
1345		Ivan de Mobili	Cistercian
1349		Ivan de Rupella	Carmelite
1355		Matija de Altamuta	Cistercian
1362	1370	Dessa	Bishop of Mrkan, also recorded as Uljaš.
1370	1374	Franjo	Bishop of Mrkan
1371	unknown	Nikola de Paden	Augustinian
1385	unknown	Ratko	Bishop of Mrkan, died in 1393.
1389		Ivan
1391	1416	Jakov Norvegije	Dominican friar
1417	unknown	Ivan Muzarić	Dominican friar
1425	1435	Dominik Grancorve	Dominican friar
1435		Ivan	Dominican friar
1436	1456	Mihovil Natalis
1464	1481	Blaž	Dominican friar
1481	1492	Donat Đurđević	Dominican friar, also recorded as Donato de Georgiis.
1493	1513	Đuro Kružić	Cistercian from Dubrovnik
1514	1527	Augustin Nalješković	Dominican friar, also recorded as Agostino de Nabe.
1528	1532	Franjo Pucić	Dominican friar, also recorded as Francesco Pozzo.
1532	1562	Toma Crijević	Dominican friar, also recorded as Tommaso Cervino.
1562	1575	Jakov Lukarić	Franciscan friar, also recorded as Giacomo Luccari.
1575	1599	Šimun Menčetić	Priest from Dubrovnik, also recorded as Simeone Metis.
1606	1608	Toma Budislavić	Also recorded as Tommaso Nadal.
1609	1615	Ambrozije Gučetić	Dominican friar, also recorded as Ambrogio Gozzeo.
1615	1647	Krizostom Antić	Benedictine, also recorded as Crisostomo Antichi.
1647	1661	Sabin Cvjetković	Franciscan friar, also recorded as Savino Florian.
1663	1668	Scipion de Martinis
1669	1703	Antonije Primović	Franciscan friar, also recorded as Antonio Primi.
1703	1727	Ante Righi
1727	1731	Franjo Jeronim Bunić	Also recorded as Francesco Girolamo Bona.
1731	1733	Marko Andrijašević	Archbishop of Sofija in exilio, apostolic administrator of Trebinje.
1733	1760	Šiško Tudišić	Also recorded as Sigismondo Tudisi.
1760	1792	Anzelmo Katić	Franciscan friar, c Anselmo (Nicolò) Cattich.
1792	1819	Nikola Ferić	Also recorded as Nikolaj Ferrich.
Sources:[1][2]

Apostolic delegates

Apostolic delegates of Trebinje-Mrkan and capitulary vicars of Dubrovnik
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1819	1837	Dominik Sokolović	Priest from Trebinje.
1837	1839	Nikola Đuran	Priest from Dubrovnik.
Sources:[1]

Apostolic Administrators

Apostolic Administrators of Trebinje-Mrkan and bishops of Dubrovnik
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1839	1842	Antun Giuriceo	Bishop of Dubrovnik, also recorded as Antonio Giurico.
1843	1855	Toma Jederlinić	Bishop of Dubrovnik
1856	1870	Vinko Čubranić	Bishop of Dubrovnik, also recorded as Vincenzo Zubranić.
1872	1881	Ivan Zaffron	Bishop of Dubrovnik, also recorded as Ivan Zoffran.
1882	1890	Mato Vodopić	Bishop of Dubrovnik
Apostolic Administrators of Trebinje-Mrkan and bishops of Mostar-Duvno
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1890	1810	Paškal Buconjić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno, Franciscan friar.
1912	1942	Alojzije Mišić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno, Franciscan friar.
1942	1980	Petar Čule	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno
1980	1993	Pavao Žanić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno
1993	present	Ratko Perić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno
Sources:[1][3]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. "Biskupi (Bishops)" (in Croatian). Diocese of Mostar-Duvno. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
2. "Diocese of Trebinje e Mrkan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
3. "Diocese of Dubrovnik (Ragusa)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

• GCatholic.org: Cathedral of the Birth of Mary