Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

Diocese of Spiš
Dioecesis Scepusiensis
Spišská Diecéza

Location
Country Slovakia
Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area 7,802 km2 (3,012 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
603,600
454,630 (75.3%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 13 March 1776
Cathedral St. Martin's Cathedral
Patron saint Saint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Štefan Sečka
Metropolitan Archbishop Bernard Bober
Auxiliary Bishops Andrej Imrich
Map

Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Spiš (Slovak: Spišská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Scepusiensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Žilina Region and western part of the Prešov Region. Its seat is in Spišská Kapitula; the diocese covers an area of 7,802 km² with 583,633 people of which 76.6% are of Catholic faith (2004). The current bishop is Štefan Sečka.[1]

History

The diocese was established on 13 March 1776 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In 1804, its metropolitan was changed to the Archdiocese of Eger. On 30 December 1977, it was taken from the former and became part of the newly created Slovak ecclesiastical province with metropolitan being the Diocese of Trnava. The last change of metropolitan took place on 31 March 1995 when it was changed to the newly elevated Archdiocese of Košice.

  1. ↑ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/27870.php?index=27870&lang=en


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