Description
In Singidunum, today›s Belgrade, there was a bishop,s seat already in the 4th century AD. The turbulent history of Belgrade over the centuries caused insufficient knowledge about church organization during the early and later Middle Ages, and in later history, we note the presence of titular bishops and apostolic administrators until the 20th century.
The Concordat between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Serbia in 1914 provided for the establishment of an archdiocese based in Belgrade, which took place ten years later. The first bishop of the Belgrade Archdiocese was Rafael Rodić, who entered the ministry in 1924.
Today, the Belgrade Archdiocese, headed by Archbishop Ladislav Nemet as of November 5, 2022, includes Serbia without Vojvodina and consists of around 25,000 believers. It is divided into 16 parishes, five in Belgrade and one each in Valjevo, Šabac, Bor, Zaječar, Niš, Aleksinac, Kraljevo, Kragujevac Smederevo, Jagodina and Ravna Reka.
The dioceses of Subotica and Zrenjanin belong to the Belgrade archdiocese as suffragan dioceses.
The headquarters of the Belgrade Archdiocese is located in the building of the former Austrian diplomatic mission, which was built in 1884 and represents one of the most significant architectural achievements in Belgrade from the 19th century. Conceived in the spirit of then-ruling academicism with neo-Renaissance elements in the treatment of facade details, the one-story building of the Belgrade Archdiocese, together with the chapel from 1888, the garden and the parish office building from 1926, forms a unique spatial and functional unit and bears the status of a cultural monument.
Professional cooperation: for Belgrade Archdiocese, Velimir Martinović
Artistic realization of the issue: Miroslav Nikolić
