Diocese of Celje, Slovenia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Celje / Celeien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maribor

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 26

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2006.04.07: Established as Diocese of Celje / Celeien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maribor and became suffragan of Maribor)

Contact Info

Address: Slomškov trg 2, p. p. 313, 3001 Celje, Slovenia

Phone: 059 080 600

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.05 – ...):

Bishop Maksimilijan Matjaž (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Celje (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maksimilijan Matjaž (61)
(2021.03.05 – ...)

Bishop of Celje (Slovenia)

Oče, poveličaj svoje ime

Born:	1963.08.23 (Črna, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.30

Priest of Maribor (Slovenia) (1989.06.29 – 2021.03.05)

Bishop of Celje (Slovenia) (2021.03.05 – ...)

Bishop Stanislav Lipovšek (81)
(2010.03.15 – 2018.09.18)

Bishop emeritus of Celje (Slovenia)

V ljubezni in resnici

Born:	1943.07.10 (Vojnik, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.24

Priest of Maribor (Slovenia) (1968.06.29 – 2010.03.15)

Bishop of Celje (Slovenia) (2010.03.15 – 2018.09.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Maribor (Slovenia) (2013.07.31 – 2015.03.14)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2013.08 – 2017.03.13)

Archbishop Anton Stres, C.M. (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.01.31 – 2010.03.15)

Bishop Anton Stres, C.M. (82) (later Archbishop)
(2006.04.07 – 2009.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
former President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Vse zaradi evangelija / Omnia propter evangelium

Born:	1942.12.15 (Donacka Gora, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1968.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.06.24

Titular Bishop of Ptuj (2000.05.13 – 2006.04.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2000.05.13 – 2006.04.07)

Bishop of Celje (Slovenia) (2006.04.07 – 2009.01.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2009.01.31 – 2009.11.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Celje (Slovenia) (2009.01.31 – 2010.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (2009.11.28 – 2013.07.31)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2010.02 – 2013.07.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Stolnica sv. Danijela, Celje, Celje
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Lurške Matere Božje, Brestanica, Krško
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Marijinega obiskanja, Petrovče, Žalec
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Novo Mesto (↙), Ljubljana (←), Gurk (↖), Maribor (↗), Varaždin (→), Zagreb (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,711 km²

Population: 212,886 Catholics (76.6% of 277,979 total)

Pastoral Centres: 112 parishes, 333 missions

Personnel: 112 priests (81 diocesan, 31 religious), 5 deacons, 63 religious (32 brothers, 31 sisters), 2 seminarians