Maribor is capital of Slovenian Styria with 200.000 inhabitants and university. Remarkable a Cathedral, where blessed (proclaimed 1999 in Maribor from pope John Paul 2nd ) bishop Anton Martin Slomshek (1800-1862) transmitted the seat of diocese from Saint Andrash in Labot’s valley to Maribor (1859). In a time of Austro-Hungarian monarchy had name Marburg too. 2nd Slovenian town, from 2006 archdiocese and metropolis with Franc Kramberger as 1st archbishop, Salesian Peter Stumpf as bishop, Jozhef Smej as emeritus bishop * Maribor je sredishche Slovenske Shtajerske z 200.000 prebivalci in univerzo. Pomembna je stolnica, kjer je blazheni (razglashen 1999 v Mariboru od papezhe Janeza Pavla II.) shkof Anton Martin Slomshek (1800-1862) prenesel sedezh shkofije iz Shent Andrazha v Labotski dolini v Maribor (1859). Za chasa Avstro-ogrske monarhije je imel tudi ime Marburg. Drugo slovensko mesto, od 2006 nadshkofija in metropolija s Francom Krambergerjem kot prvim nadshkofom, salezijancem Petrom Stumpfom kot shofom, Jozhef Smej pa je upokojeni shkof.