Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
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The Greek Catholic Church in Croatia and Serbia[lower-alpha 1] or Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, is a particular (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Catholic Church. It consists of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci,[1] covering Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur,[2] covering Serbia. The Eparchy of Križevci is headed by Bishop Milan Stipić since 2020.[3] The Eparchy of Ruski Krstur is headed by Bishop Đura Džudžar since 2003 (until 2018 as Apostolic Exarch).[4]
Greek Catholic Church in Croatia and Serbia | |
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Croatian: Grkokatolička crkva u Hrvatskoj i Srbiji Serbian: Гркокатоличка црква у Хрватској и Србији | |
Classification | Eastern Catholic |
Polity | Episcopal |
Structure | two eparchies |
Pope | Francis |
Bishops | Milan Stipić, Đura Džudžar |
Region | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia |
Language | Church Slavonic |
Liturgy | Byzantine Rite |
Although two eparchies are canonically linked, the church has no unified structure, nor an ecclesiastical province of its own, since the Eparchy of Križevci is suffragan to the Latin Church Archdiocese of Zagreb, and the Eparchy of Ruski Krstur is directly subject to the Holy See.