The diocese of Maribor was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

Additionally, the pope created three new sees, namely Novo Mesto, Celje and Murska Sobota.

[5][6] Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich is the Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia, the Titular Archbishop of Sulci[7] and the Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo.

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