Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

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]

Diocese of Spiš

Dioecesis Scepusiensis

Spišská Diecéza
Cathedral of St. Martin in Spišská Kapitula
Location
CountrySlovakia
MetropolitanRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area7,802 km2 (3,012 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2014)
591,651
439,022 (74.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established13 March 1776
CathedralSt. Martin's Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopŠtefan Sečka
Metropolitan ArchbishopBernard Bober
Auxiliary BishopsJán Kuboš
Bishops emeritusAndrej Imrich
Map

Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

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.

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