Catholic Church in Serbia


Catholic Church in Serbia
Serbian: Католичка црква у Србији/Katolička crkva u Srbiji
TypeNational polity
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationLatin
ScriptureBible
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceInternational Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius
PopeLeo XIV
RegionSerbia
LanguageSerbian, Latin
Members419,377 (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. Estimates in 2020 suggested that the figure had risen to 5.5-6%.

Catholics are mostly concentrated in several municipalities in northern Vojvodina and are mostly members of ethnic minorities, such as Hungarians and Croats.