Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maribor–Lavant, Slovenia 🇸🇮

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Maribor / Marburg (Deutsch) / Mariboren(sis) (Latin)

United Title: Lavant

Suffragan Sees: Celje, Murska Sobota

Neighbouring Dioceses: Celje (↙), Gurk (←), Graz–Seckau (↑), Szombathely (↗), Murska Sobota (→), Varaždin (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Andrew (November 30), Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius (July 5)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 19

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.03.05: Established as Diocese of Maribor / Marburg (Deutsch) / Mariboren(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Lavant, gained title of Lavant and without ecclesiastical province)
1968.11.22: Became suffragan of Ljubljana
2006.04.07: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maribor / Marburg (Deutsch) / Mariboren(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Celje and Murska Sobota and lost territory to establish Diocese of Celje and Diocese of Murska Sobota)

United Titles

Lavant (1962.03.05 – ...)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1996.05, 1999.09)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.03.14 – ...):

Archbishop Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (70)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Maribor (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (70)
(2015.03.14 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia)

De tenebris lucem splendescere

Born:	1955.06.19 (Celje, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1983.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2015.03.14 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2017.03.13 – 2022.03.24)

Bishop Stanislav Lipovšek (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.07.31 – 2015.03.14)

Archbishop Marjan Turnšek (70)
(2011.02.03 – 2013.07.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bog je ljubezen

Born:	1955.07.25 (Celje, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.25

Priest of Maribor (Slovenia) (1981.06.28 – 2006.04.07)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1999.01.18 – 2006.04.07)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2006.04.07 – 2009.11.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2009.11.28 – 2011.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2011.02.03 – 2013.07.31)

Archbishop Franc Kramberger (89)
(2006.04.07 – 2011.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maribor (Slovenia)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1936.10.07 (Lenart, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.12.21

Priest of Lavant (Austria) (1960.06.29 – 1980.11.06)

Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (1980.11.06 – 2006.04.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2004.12.07 – 2007.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2006.04.07 – 2011.02.03)

Bishops of Maribor (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franc Kramberger (89) (later Archbishop)
(1980.11.06 – 2006.04.07)

(see above)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik
(1962.03.05 – 1978.05.13)

Born:	1903.10.05 (Ribnica, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1932.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.15
Died:	1978.05.13 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum (1946.09.15 – 1960.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1946.09.15 – 1960.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Lavant (Austria) (1949 – 1960.06.15)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1960.06.15 – 1962.03.05)

Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (1962.03.05 – 1978.05.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Marjan Turnšek (70) (2009.11.28 – 2011.02.03)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Anton Stres, C.M. (83) (2009.01.31 – 2009.11.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (63) (2006.05.24 – 2009.11.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Stres, C.M. (83) (later Archbishop) (2000.05.13 – 2006.04.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jožef Smej (1983.04.15 – 2009.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vekoslav Grmic (1968.02.27 – 1980.11.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Stolnica sv. Janeza Krstnika, Maribor, Maribor
Former Cathedral: Stolnica sv. Jurija, Ptúj, Ptuj
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Marije, Matere usmiljenja, Maribor, Maribor
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Marije Zavetnice, Ptujska Gora, Ptuj
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Celje (↙), Gurk (←), Graz–Seckau (↑), Szombathely (↗), Murska Sobota (→), Varaždin (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,682 km²

Population: 336,300 Catholics (80.7% of 416,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 144 parishes

Personnel: 145 priests (104 diocesan, 41 religious), 16 deacons, 79 religious (46 brothers, 33 sisters), 4 seminarians