The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese

Diocese

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 in Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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, Serbia

Serbia

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. It is centred in the city of Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...

, and encompasses the Banat

Banat

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 region. It was erected as an apostolic administration in 1923 and elevated to a diocese in 1986.

The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint John of Nepomuk

Zrenjanin Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint John of Nepomuk in Zrenjanin is the seat of the Roman Catholic church in Serbian Banat and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin...

 in Zrenjanin, and dates back to 1868. László Német currently serves as bishop. The diocese is multiethnic and has members primarily from the large Hungarian and Croat

Croats

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 communities, as well as Bulgarians

Bulgarians

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, Czechs, and Germans

Germans

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.

Administrators and bishops

• 1923-1936 Ivan Rafael Rodić
• 1936-1961 Josip Ujčić
• 1961-1971 Gabriel Bukatko
• 1971-1988 Tamás Jung (bishop since 1986)
• 1988-2007 László Huzsvár
• 2007-now Ladislav Nemet

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Serbia
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Timişoara
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Timisoara
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Timişoara is a diocese in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary....
  
  , in Romanian Banat