Diocese of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Novo Mesto / Novæ Urbis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ljubljana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 25

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2006.04.07: Established as Diocese of Novo Mesto / Novæ Urbis (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana and became suffragan of Ljubljana)

Contact Info

Address: Kapiteljska ulica 1, 8000 Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Andrej Saje (58)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Novo Mesto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrej Saje (58)
(2021.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Novo Mesto (Slovenia)
President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia

Živimo po duhu

Born:	1966.04.22 (Novo Mesto, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.26

Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1992.06.29 – 2021.06.30)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2010.10.02 – 2021.06.30)

Bishop of Novo Mesto (Slovenia) (2021.06.30 – ...)

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

Bishop Andrej Glavan (81)
(2006.04.07 – 2021.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Novo Mesto (Slovenia)

Kar koli vam poreče, storite

Born:	1943.10.14 (Soteska in Novo Mesto, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.06.12

Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1972.06.29 – 2000.05.13)

Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia (2000.05.13 – 2006.04.07)

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

Bishop of Novo Mesto (Slovenia) (2006.04.07 – 2021.06.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (2013.07.31 – 2014.10.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2013.07.31 – 2017.03.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Stolnica sv. Nikolaja, Novo Mesto, Novo Mesto
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (81)

Rijeka (↙), Ljubljana (↖), Celje (↗), Zagreb (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,160 km²

Population: 133,814 Catholics (81.7% of 163,826 total)

Pastoral Centres: 71 parishes

Personnel: 88 priests (74 diocesan, 14 religious), 3 deacons, 61 religious (17 brothers, 44 sisters), 2 seminarians