Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split-Makarska Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Croatia Montenegro |
| Ecclesiastical province | Split |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,088 km2 (1,578 sq mi) |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Domnius, Split |
| Co-cathedral | Co-cathedral of Saint Mark, Makarska Saint Peter, Split |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Zdenko Križić |
| Bishops emeritus | Marin Barišić |
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| Website | |
| nadbiskupija-split.com | |
TheArchdiocese of Split-Makarska (Latin:Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis;Croatian:Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija) is aLatin Metropolitanarchdiocese of theCatholic Church in Croatia andMontenegro.[1][2] The diocese was established in the 3rd century AD and was made an archdiocese and metropolitan see in the 10th century. The modern diocese was erected in 1828, when the historical archdiocese of Salona was combined with theDiocese of Makarska. It was elevated as anarchdiocese andmetropolitan see in 1969, restoring the earlier status of thearchdiocese of Split, as it is also known. The diocese was also known asSpalato-Macarsca.[3]
The see was founded in or before 300 AD as Diocese ofSalona.Eastern Roman EmperorLeo I (r. 457–474) appointedGlycerius asBishop of Salona in 474, Glycerius had earlier served as Western Roman Emperor but was deposed byJulius Nepos. Around 500 AD it was promoted to a Metropolitan archdiocese.
TheArchbishopric of Spalathon orSpalatum (alsoSalona,Latin:Spalatum) was a Christianarchbishopric with seat inSalona,Dalmatia (modernSplit,Croatia) in the earlyMiddle Ages. Salona was ravaged by theSouth Slavs (Sclaveni) in 614, but in its place, Spalatum subsequently emerged.[4][5]
It lost territory in 1144 to establish theDiocese of Hvar. It lost territory again in 1344 to re-establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Makarska, in 1400 it regained that territory from the re-suppressed the Diocese of Makarska, but again lost territory in 1615 to re-re-establish the Diocese of Makarska.
With the death of ArchbishopLaelius Cippico (1807) began another interregnum which lasted twenty-three years. Bypapal bullLocum Beati Petri the Church in Dalmatia was reorganized in 1828, Makarska united with Split, and the latter demoted as a simple bishopric of Split-Makarska, made subject to theArchdiocese of Zadar.Paul Miossich was appointed first bishop of the new diocese in 1830.[6] It also absorbed the suppressedTragurium (or Traù, now Trogir).
On 27 July 1969, it was promoted again as Metropolitan Archdiocese It enjoyed a papal visit fromPope John Paul II in October 1998.
Itscathedral episcopal see is theCathedral of Saint Domnius (Katedrala sv. Dujma), inSplit (Dalmatia). The city also has theco-cathedral ofSaint Peter Apostle (Konkatedrala sv. Petar Apostola).
There are former cathedrals in three former sees absorbed in the archdiocese:
Itssuffragans are
Known bishops ofSalona include :
Archbishop Honorius III conducted a synod in 530; Natalis at a Council in 590, unjustly deposed hisarchdeacon Honoratus, but popeGregory the Great took the latter's part.
Out of the long series of its seventy-nine archbishops may be mentionedSt. Rayner (d. 1180), and the unfortunateMarcus Antonius de Dominis, who was deprived of his office after having filled it for fourteen years and died an apostate at Rome in 1624; Thomas, who resigned his office voluntarily (thirteenth century), is the author of a history of the bishops of Salona and Spalato.[6]
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