Catholic Church in Slovakia

The Catholic Church in Slovakia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

According to the 2021 census, around 55.8%^[1][2] of the total population was Latin (Roman) Catholic and another 3.8% is Greek Catholic. The country is divided into 8 Latin dioceses including 3 archdioceses, and there is also a separate Metropolitan jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite, see Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

In 2020, there were over 3,000 priests and almost 2,000 nuns serving across more than 1,500 parishes.^[3]

Taking the percentage of membership in the Catholic Church as an indicator, Slovakia is the third most Catholic Slavic country, after Poland and Croatia.

Structure

Roman Catholic

• Archdiocese of Bratislava with the following suffragans:
  • Archdiocese of Trnava
  • Diocese of Nitra
  • Diocese of Žilina
  • Diocese of Banská Bystrica
• Archdiocese of Košice with the following suffragans:
  • Diocese of Spiš
  • Diocese of Rožňava
• Military Ordinariate of Slovakia

Greek Catholic

• Archeparchy of Prešov with the following suffragans:
  • Eparchy of Bratislava
  • Eparchy of Košice

Catholic organizations

• eRko: Catholic children and youth organization, member of Fimcap and CIDSE

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Slovakia
• Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
• Religion in Slovakia
• Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
• Slovak Greek Catholic Church

References

External links

• Oficiálna stránka Katolíckej cirkvi na Slovensku Official webpage (in Slovak)
• Homepage of Catholic Hierarchy about Catholic Church in Slovakia
• Homepage of Giga Catholic about Catholic Church in Slovakia
• vatican.va

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Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia

Latin Church

• St Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica)
• St Martin's Cathedral (Bratislava)
• Cathedral of St. Elizabeth (Košice)
• St Emmeram's Cathedral (Nitra)
• Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows (Poprad)
• Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Prešov)
• Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rožňava)
• St Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula)
• St John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava)
• Holy Trinity Cathedral (Žilina)

Slovak Greek Catholic Church

• Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Bratislava)
• Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Košice)
• Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Prešov)

Military Ordinariate

• Old Cathedral of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois (Bratislava)
• Cathedral of Saint Sebastian (Bratislava)

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