Roman Catholic diocese in Serbia This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | Diocese of Zrenjanin Dioecesis Zrenianensis Епархија Зрењанин Cathedral of Saint John of Nepomuk The bishop's coat of arms with a green tree measures the protection of the environment Location Country| Serbia Ecclesiastical province| Belgrade Metropolitan| Archdiocese of Belgrade Statistics Area| 9,387 km2 (3,624 sq mi) Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)| (as of 2010) 552,809 64,110 (11.6%) Information Denomination| Catholic Sui iuris church| Latin Church Rite| Roman Rite Established| 10 February 1923 (As Apostolic Administration of Jugoslavenska Banat) 16 December 1986 (As Diocese of Zrenjanin) Cathedral| Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk, Zrenjanin Current leadership Pope| Francis Bishop| László Német Metropolitan Archbishop| Stanislav Hočevar Bishops emeritus| László Huzsvár Map Map of organization of Catholic Church in Serbia Belgrade Archbishopric - Green Subotica Bishopric - Yellow Zrenjanin Bishopric - Beige Syrmia Bishopric - Brown Apostolic Administration of Prizren - Violet Website catholic-zr.org.rs The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: Dioecesis Zrenjanensis, Serbian: Zrenjaninska biskupija / Зрењанинска бискупија, Hungarian: Nagybecskereki egyházmegye, Croatian: Zrenjaninska biskupija, German: Bistum Zrenjanin) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Serbia. It is subject to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade. The Diocese is centered in the city of Zrenjanin. ## Territory[edit] The Diocese of Zrenjanin encompasses the Serbian part of the Banat region, which is mostly situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (the small part of the area administratively belongs to the City of Belgrade). The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint John of Nepomuk in Zrenjanin, which was built in 1868. The diocese is multi-ethnic and has members primarily from the sizable Hungarian and Croat communities, as well as Bulgarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and Germans. ## History[edit] Until the end of First World War, the territory of the present-day Diocese of Zrenjanin belonged to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Csanád. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary, region of Western Banat was incorporated into newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia). In 1923, the Apostolic Administration of Yugoslav Banat was created. First apostolic administrator was Ivan Rafael Rodić. In 1924, he was appointed first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, continuing to serve also as apostolic administrator of Yugoslav Banat. Until the end of Second World War, the largest number of Roman Catholics in the territory of Yugoslav Banat was of German ethnicity. In 1986, apostolic administration was reorganized into "Diocese of Zrenjanin" and placed under metropolitan jurisdiction of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade. ## Administrators and bishops[edit] * 1923–1936 Ivan Rafael Rodić * 1936–1961 Josip Ujčić * 1961–1971 Gabrijel Bukatko * 1971–1988 Tamás Jung (bishop since 1986) * 1988–2007 László Huzsvár * 2007–present László Nemet ## See also[edit] * Roman Catholic Church in Serbia * Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica * Roman Catholic Diocese of Syrmia ## External links[edit] * Bishopric of Zrenjanin Coordinates: 45°22′50″N 20°23′26″E / 45.3805°N 20.3906°E / 45.3805; 20.3906