Croatian Diocese of

Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur

Serbia , Kosovo

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Croatian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (English) / San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Italiano) / Svetog Nikolaja Ruski Krstur (Hrvatski) / Bácskeresztúri Szent Miklós (Magyar) / Sancti Nicolai de Ruski Krstur (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Križevci (↖), Hajdúdorog (↑), Lugoj (↗), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (→), Saint John XXIII of Sofia (↘), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra

History

2003.08.28: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro (English) / 塞爾維亞暨黑山 (正體中文) / Serbiæ et Montis Nigri (Latin) (from Diocese of Križevci)
2013.01.19: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia / 塞爾維亞 (正體中文) / Serbiæ (Latin) (lost territory to Archdiocese of Bar and Diocese of Kotor)
2018.12.06: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (English) / San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Italiano) / Svetog Nikolaja Ruski Krstur (Hrvatski) / Bácskeresztúri Szent Miklós (Magyar) / Sancti Nicolai de Ruski Krstur (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.12.06 – ...):

Bishop Đura Džudžar (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (Croatian Rite)

Bishop Đura Džudžar (71)
(2018.12.06 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur of the Croatians (Serbia)

Mir vam svoj dajem

Born:	1954.04.22 (Đurđevo, Serbia)
Ordained Priest:	1980.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.19

Bureau Chief of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (? – 2001.03.03)

Priest of Križevci of the Croatians (Croatia) (1980.09.07 – 2001.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve of the Ruthenians (Ukraine) (2001.03.03 – 2003.08.28)

Titular Bishop of Acrassus (2001.03.03 – 2018.12.06)

Apostolic Exarch of Serbia of the Croatians (Serbia) (2003.08.28 – 2018.12.06)

Vice-President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius (2016.03.16 – 2021.06.02)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur of the Croatians (Serbia) (2018.12.06 – ...)

Apostolic Exarchs of Serbia (Croatian Rite)

Bishop Đura Džudžar (71)
(2003.08.28 – 2018.12.06)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrala sv. Nikole, Ruski Krstur, Zapadna Bačka, Vojvodina, Serbia
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedrala sv. Petra i Pavla, Novi Sad, Južna Bačka, Vojvodina, Serbia

Churches by City (20)

Križevci (↖), Hajdúdorog (↑), Lugoj (↗), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (→), Saint John XXIII of Sofia (↘), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica–Skopje (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 21,150 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (17 diocesan, 2 religious), 47 religious (2 brothers, 45 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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