Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

Diocese of Spiš

Dioecesis Scepusiensis

Spišská Diecéza
Cathedral of St. Martin in Spišská Kapitula
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Spiš
Coat of arms
Location
CountrySlovakia
MetropolitanRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area7,802 km2 (3,012 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2020[1])
Increase610,040
Increase452,310 (Decrease74.1%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established13 March 1776
CathedralSt. Martin's Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrantišek Trstenský
Metropolitan ArchbishopBernard Bober
Auxiliary BishopsJán Kuboš
Bishops emeritusAndrej Imrich
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Spiš (Slovak: Spišská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Scepusiensis, Hungarian: Szepesi egyházmegye) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church 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 seat was vacant for three years after the death of bishop Štefan Sečka.[2] On 8 September 2023, Pope Francis named František Trstenský as the new bishop.[3] Trstenský was inaugurated on 21 October in Spišská Kapitula.[4]

History

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The diocese was established in the Kingdom of Hungary 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.

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  1. ^ "Štruktúra Katolíckej cirkvi" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ www.tkkbs.sk. "Úmrtie: Zomrel spišský diecézny biskup Mons. Štefan Sečka". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. ^ www.tkkbs.sk. "Svätý Otec vymenoval za nového spišského biskupa Františka Trstenského". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  4. ^ www.tkkbs.sk. "V Spišskej Kapitule vysvätili nového spišského biskupa Františka Trstenského". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2023-10-21.


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