Archdiocese of Maribor

ARCHDIOCESE OF MARIBOR (Archidioecesis Mariborensis)

Country : Slovenia
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1228 as the Diocese of the Lavant
Renamed 1962 to the Diocese of Maribor
Elevated to an Archdiocese in 2006

Origin/meaning

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The historical arms of the Principality and Diocese of Lavant:

The arms in 1581	The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The full arms

Arms of Bishops

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  Konrad von Fohnsdorf (1284-1291)

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  Leonhard Peurl (1508-1536)

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  Philipp Renner (1536-1555)

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  Martin Herkules Rettinger von Wiespach (1556-1570)

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  Georg Agricola (1570-1584)

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  Georg Stobäus von Palmburg (1584-1618)

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  Leonhard von Götz (1619-1640)

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  Albert von Priamis (1640-1654)

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  Max Gandolf von Kuenburg (1654-1665)

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  Sebastian von Pötting-Persing (1665-1673)

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  Franz Kaspar von Stadion (1673-1704)

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  Johann Sigmund von Kuenburg (1704-1708)

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  Philipp Karl Landgraf von Fürstenberg (1708-1718)

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  Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian (1718-1724)

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  Joseph Oswald von Attems (1724-1744)

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  Virgilius Augustin Maria von Firmian (1744-1753)

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  Johann von Thurn-Valsassina (1754-1762)

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  Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg (1763-1772)

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  Peter von Thun (1772)

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  Franz Xaver von Breuner (1773-1777)

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  Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach (1777-1790)

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  Gandolf Ernst von Kuenberg (1790-1793)

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  Vincenz Joseph Franz Sales von Schrattenbach (1795-1800)

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  Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (1800-1822)

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  Ignaz Franz Zimmermann (1824-1843)

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  Franz Xaver Kuttnar (1843-1846)

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  Anton Martin Slomšek (1846-1862)

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  Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepischnegg (1862-1889)

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  Mihael Napotnik (1889-1922)

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  Andrej Karlin (1923-1933)

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  Ivan Jožef Tomažič (1933-1949)

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  Maksimilijan Držečnik (1949-1978)

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  Franc Kramberger (1980-2006)

Arms of Archbishops

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  Franc Kramberger (2006-2011)

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  Marjan Turnšek (2011-2013)

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  Alojzij Cvikl (2015-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

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  Jožef Smej (1963-2009)

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  Vekoslav Grmič (1968-1960)

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  Anton Stres (2000-2006)

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  Peter Štumpf (2006-2009)

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