{{short description|none}} [[File:Marktplatz Kotor 2014.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Kotor Cathedral|St. Tryphon's Cathedral]] in [[Kotor]]]] [[Image:Map of the Catholic dioceses in Montenegro.svg|200px|thumb|right|Map of Montenegro<br> {{legend|#f66161ff|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor|Diocese of Kotor]]}} {{legend|#a1acebff|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar|Archdiocese of Bar]]}} ]] {{Catholic Church by country}}
The '''Catholic Church in Montenegro''' ({{langx|cnr|Католичка црква у Црној Гори|Katolička crkva u Crnoj Gori}}; {{langx|sq|Kisha katolike në Mal të Zi}}; {{langx|hr|Katolička Crkva u Crnoj Gori}}) is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]].
There were 20,000 Catholics in [[Montenegro]] in 2020, and they formed 2.8% of the population.<ref>[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/montenegro Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref> Most Catholics are ethnic [[Albanians in Montenegro|Albanians]], [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]], and [[Croats in Montenegro|Croats]].
The Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro and to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] is [[Archbishop]] [[Francis Chullikatt]]. [[File:Budva, san giovanni 02.JPG|thumb|Church of St. Ivan in [[Budva]].]]
==Organisation== ===Latin Church Catholics=== Within Montenegro the [[Latin Church]] Catholic hierarchy consists of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar|Archdiocese of Bar]]. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor|Diocese of Kotor]] is geographically located in [[Montenegro]], but it is administratively part of the [[Catholic Church in Croatia|church in Croatia]] and is subject to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|Archdiocese of Split-Makarska]] of that country.<ref>Diocese of Kotor: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208212829/http://www.kotorskabiskupija.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27 ''History'']}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> The territory of the Diocese of Kotor ([[Venetian language|Venetian]]: ''Cattaro'') corresponds to the territory of [[Albania Veneta]] of the [[Republic of Venice]], lost to [[Napoleon I]] in 1797 (Albania Veneta was mostly Catholic).
[[Caritas Montenegro]] is the social arm of the Catholic Church in the country.
=== Eastern Catholics === {{main|Byzantine Catholic Church in Montenegro}} There are very few Greek Catholics of [[Montenegro]], and no diocese. The Greek Catholics are assigned to the pastoral care of the [[Latin Church]] clergy of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2013/febbraio2013.pdf Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 105 (2013)], p. 187.</ref>
== Demographics == According to the 2011 official census, of the total 21,299 Catholics in Montenegro, there were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Tabela CG5. Stanovništvo prema nacionalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti i vjeroispovijesti |url=http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/podaci%20cg/nove/Tabela%20CG5.xls |website=monstat.org |publisher=Monstat |accessdate=25 April 2021 |language=cnr |date=2011}}</ref> * 7,954 [[Albanians in Montenegro|Albanians]] (''37.34%'') * 5,667 [[Montenegrins]] (''26.61%'') * 5,527 [[Croats]] (''25.95%'') * 2,151 others (''10.01%'')
The highest concentration of Catholics is in the Diocese of Kotor, covering coastal areas long under Venetian influence and largely made up of Croat Catholics. The rest of Montenegro is covered by the Archdiocese of Bar, in which there were a total of 12,165 Catholics, mainly Albanian Catholics, in 2006, in the following settlements: * [[Tuzi]] – 4,510 * [[Podgorica]] – 1,738 * [[Bar, Montenegro|Bar]] – 1,610 * [[Ulcinj]] – 947 * Štoj – 491 * [[Bratica]] – 475 * [[Hoti (Albanians)|Hoti]] – 440 * [[Koja e Kuçit|Koja]] – 404 * [[Sveti Đorđe Island|Sveti Đorđe]] – 251 * [[Triesh]]i – 249 * [[Gruda (region)|Gruda]] – 232 * [[Kolonza]] – 219 * [[Zupci]] – 180 * [[Cetinje]] – 165 * [[Gusinje]] – 80 * Klezna – 91 * Ljara – 41 * [[Nikšić]] – 30 * [[Šestan]] – 12
==World Heritage Site== The [[Kotor Cathedral]] is designated as a World Heritage Site.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/whsHRX.htm G Catholic website]</ref>
== See also == *[[Religion in Montenegro]] *[[Eastern Catholic Churches]] *[[List of Catholic dioceses in Montenegro]] *[[Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== Sources == * {{Cite journal|last=Dragojlović|first=Dragoljub|title=Dyrrachium et les Évéchés de Doclea jusqu'a la fondation de l'Archevéche de Bar|journal=Balcanica|year=1990|issue=21|pages=201–209|url=http://www.balcanica.rs/balcanica/uploaded/balcanica/balcanica%2021/Balcanica%20XXI%20(1990)%2020%20Dragoljub%20Dragojlovi%C4%87,%20Dyrrachium%20et%20les%20%C3%89v%C3%AAch%C3%A9s%20de%20Doclea%20jusqu%E2%80%99%C3%A0%20la%20fondation%20de%20l%E2%80%99Archev%C3%AAch%C3%A9%20de%20Bar.pdf}}
==External links== *{{CathEncy|wstitle=Montenegro}} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dme.html Catholic Hierarchy website]
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