Catholic Church in Serbia | |
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Serbian: Католичка црква у Србији/Katolička crkva u Srbiji | |
Type | National polity |
Classification | Catholic |
Orientation | Latin |
Scripture | Bible |
Theology | Catholic theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius |
Pope | Francis |
Region | Serbia |
Language | Serbian, Latin |
Members | 419,377 (2022) |
The Catholic Church in Serbia (Serbian: Католичка црква у Србији, Katolička crkva u Srbiji) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. There are 356,957 Catholics in Serbia according to the 2011 census, which is roughly 5% of the population.[1] Estimates in 2020 suggested that the figure had risen to 5.5-6%.[2][3]
Catholics are mostly concentrated in several municipalities in northern Vojvodina and are mostly members of ethnic minorities, such as Hungarians and Croats.
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