Diocese of Murska Sobota, Slovenia 🇸🇮

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Murska Sobota / Soboten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maribor

Neighbouring Dioceses: Maribor (←), Graz–Seckau (↖), Varaždin (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Methodius

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 26 (1912)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2006.04.07: Established as Diocese of Murska Sobota / Soboten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maribor and became suffragan of Maribor)

Contact Info

Address: Gregorčičeva ulica 2, 9000 Murska Sobota, Slovenia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.06.18 – ...):

Bishop Janez Kozinc (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Murska Sobota (Roman Rite)

Bishop Janez Kozinc (50)
(2025.06.18 – ...)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia)

Kjer pa je Gospodov Duh, tam je svoboda

Born:	1975.08.21 (Celje, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	2010.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.09.14

Priest of Celje (Slovenia) (2010.06.29 – 2025.06.18)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2025.06.18 – ...)

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.02.01 – 2025.06.18)

Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (63)
(2009.11.28 – 2024.11.29)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

S teboj, Mati Marija

Born:	1962.06.28 (Beltinci, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1990.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.10

Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia (2006.05.24 – 2009.11.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (2006.05.24 – 2009.11.28)

Bishop of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2009.11.28 – 2024.11.29)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2022.03.14 [2022.03.24] – ...)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (2024.11.29 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (2025.02.01 – 2025.06.18)

Bishop Marjan Turnšek (70) (later Archbishop)
(2006.04.07 – 2009.11.28)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Stolnica sv. Nikolaja, Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota

Churches by City (36)

Maribor (←), Graz–Seckau (↖), Varaždin (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,102 km²

Population: 81,486 Catholics (70.7% of 115,319 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 55 priests (44 diocesan, 11 religious), 34 religious (13 brothers, 21 sisters), 1 seminarian