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Croats of Boka Kotorska
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The Croats have a minority in Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), a coastal region in Montenegro, the largest of their kind in Tivat. These Croats belong to the group known as Bokelji.
Many Croats in this region are followers of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor in Kotor is part of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska in Croatia and its faithful are mostly the Croats in Boka.
Places of Worship
- Crkva Gospa od Škrpjela (Our Lady of the Rocks Church)
- Katedrala Sveti Tripuna (Cathedral of Saint Tryphon)
- Don Ivo Brajnović
- Luka Brajnović
- Blessed Gracija of Mula
- Antun Luković, chief engineer of builiding the Suez Canal in Egypt.
- Saint Leopold Mandić
- Nikola Modruški, Bishop of Modruš in Lika, Croatia, also known as Nicolaus Machinensis and Nicolo di Cattaro.
- Blessed Ozana of Kotor
- Don Đuro Perusina
- Don Gracija Šablić
- Pope Sixtus V
- Ivan Visin
- Andrija Zmajević, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bar
- Matija Zmajević, Admiral, also known as Matej Zmajević
| Census Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| District | Number of Croats | Percentage |
| 1948 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 8.39% | |
| Kotor | 25.94% | |
| 1953 | ||
| Boka kotorska | 22.26% | |
| Census Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Number of Croats | Percentage |
| 1961 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 1,544 | 10.18% |
| Kotor | 3,483 | 20.92% |
| Tivat | 3,423 | 57.29% |
| 1971 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 1,195 | 6.5% |
| Kotor | 2,612 | 13.8% |
| Tivat | 3,375 | 48.73% |
| 1981 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 702 | 3.01% |
| Kotor | 1,644 | 8.03% |
| Tivat | 2,876 | 30.87% |
| 1991 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 630 | 2.28% |
| Kotor | 1,617 | 7.2% |
| Tivat | 2,663 | 23.35% |
| 2003 | ||
| Herceg-Novi | 831 | 2.45% |
| Kotor | 1,842 | 7.84% |
| Tivat | 2,761 | 19.73% |
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