List of the bishops of Nitra

Coat of arms of the diocese of Nitra

The list of bishops includes the bishops of the diocese of Nitra (German also Neutra ) in today's Slovakia .

The diocese belonged to the Moravian Empire from 880 to 906, to the Kingdom of Hungary from 1105 to 1918 , to Czechoslovakia from 1919 to 1939 , to Slovakia from 1940 to 1945 , to Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1992 , and to Slovakia since 1993 .

Bishops

No.	bishop	from	to	description
1	Wiching	880	891	Bishop in the Moravian Empire , installed by Methodius, was later Bishop of Passau (898–899), † September 12, 900/912
2	Name unknown	900	906	Bishop in the Moravian Empire
3	Bystrík ?		1046	Bishopric in Nitra very uncertain, only claimed in the 16th century, † September 27, 1046
4th	Gervasius (Gerváz)	around 1105/1111	after 1105/1111	mentioned only once between 1105 and 1111
5	Nicholas (Mikuláš I.)	before 1133	after 1133	mentioned only in 1133
6th	Paul (Pavol / Šavol)	before 1137	after 1137	mentioned only in 1137
7th	John I. (Ján I.)	before 1156	after 1156	mentioned only in 1156
8th	Thomas I. (Tomáš I.)	before 1165	after 1165	mentioned only in 1165
9	Eduard	1168	1198
10	Jan II	1204
11	Vincent I.	1220	1222
12	Jacob I.	1223	1240
13	Adam I.	1241
14th	Bartolomew	1242	1243
15th	Adam II	1244	1252
16	Mikuláš II.	1253	1255
17th	Vincent II	1255	1272
18th	Philip I.	1272
19th	Peter I.	1279	1281
20th	Pascház	1281	1297
21st	Jan III	1302	1328
22nd	Meško / Mieszko from Bytom	1328	1334	* 1295/1300 † was Duke of those von Bytom . 1328–1334 Bishop of Nitra and 1334–1344 Bishop of Veszprém and Chancellor of the Hungarian Queen Elisabeth . He came from the Bytom branch of the Silesian Piasts , † 1344 in Veszprém
23	Vitus de Castroferreo	1334	1347
24	Mikuláš III.	1347	1350
25th	Stefan I. de Insula	1350	1367
26th	Ladislav I. de Demjen	1368	1372
27	Dominik de Novoloco	1373	1384
28	Demeter I.	1387	1388
29	Gregory I.	1388	1392
30th	Michal II.	1393	1399
31	Peter II	1399	1403
32	Hinco / Hynek von Landstein and Morawan	1404	1427	from the Bohemian noble family von Landstein and Morawan
33	Juraj I.	1429	1437
34	Dénes Szécsi	1438	1439	(Desiderius Széchy, Dionysius), * 1400 Eger (Hungary) , appointed Bishop of Nitra on April 21, 1438, Bishop of Eger on June 5, 1439 , created Cardinal on December 18, 1439 , Archbishop of February 15, 1450 Esztergom , † February 1, 1465
35	Ladislav II.	1440	1447	Ladislav Csetneki (Bishop of Nitra)
36	Mikuláš IV.	1448	1456
37	Albert Hangács	1458	1459
38	Elias	1460	1463
39	Tomáš II. Debrenthey	1463	1480	(also Bishop of Agram )
40	Gregory II	1484	1492
41	Antal Sankfalvy	1492	1500	(Anton zo Šankoviec)
42	Mikuláš V.	1501	1503
43	Zsigmond Thurzo	1503		* 1465, appointed bishop in 1501, appointed bishop of Nitra on August 4, 1503, bishop of Transylvania , Erdély , Transylvania ( Romania ) in 1504 , bishop of Oradea Mare or Oradea ( Romania ) in 1508 , † September 12, 1512
44	Štefan II. Podmanický	1505	1530
45	František Thurzo	1534	1557
46	Pavol Abstemius-Bornemissa	1557	1579
47	Zachariáš Mošóci	1582	1597	* May 12, 1542, humanist , wrote biographies (Kingdom of Hungary), collection of laws, † July 20, 1587
48	Štefan III. Fejerkovy	1587	1596	(later Archbishop of Gran )
49	František II Forgács	1596	1607	* 1566 in Esztergom ( Hungary appointed) on 10 July 1596 as bishop of Nitra, consecrated on August 2, 1599, on November 5, 1607 Archbishop of Esztergom, on 10 December 1607 by Pope Paul V. to Cardinal created, † October 16, 1615
50	Štefan Szuhay	1607	1608	* February 2, 1551 in Suchá nad Parnou, 1595 Bishop of Vác , Hungary, 1605 Bishop of Eger , Hungary, 1601 Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, 1607 Archbishop of Kalocsa and Bishop of Nitra, † June 9, 1608
51	Valentín Lépeš	1608	1619	Appointed Bishop of Nitra on September 16, 1609.
52	Ján Telegdy	1619 1624	1624 1644	* 1575 Nové Zámky, ordained a priest on February 10, 1594 in Esztergom , appointed Bishop of Vrhbosna , ( Bosnia-Herzegovina ) in 1608 , consecrated on November 21, 1611, 1613 Bishop of Orade Mare, in March 1619 Bishop of Nitra, 1624 resigned, then Archbishop of Kalocsa and Bishop of Nitra, † 1647.
53	Štefan V. Bošnák	1644
54	Ján V. Püsky	1645	1648
55	Juraj II. Selepčéni Pohronec	1648	1666	(on March 11, 1657 appointed Archbishop of Kalocsa,) on August 22, 1667 Archbishop of Esztergom, † January 10, 1685
56	Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch	1666	1669	* October 26, 1631 in Komorn , Slovakia , elected Bishop of Nitra in 1666, ordained a priest in March 1668, on April 30, 1668 by Pope Clement IX. confirmed and consecrated on August 26, 1668, Bishop of Wiener Neustadt on August 29, 1669 , enthroned on May 19, 1670, and on September 2, 1686 by Pope Innocent XI. created cardinal, on September 16, 1686 Bishop of Győr , (Hungary), on March 6, 1690, Archbishop of Kalocsa, on August 22, 1695 Archbishop of Esztergom, † January 20, 1707
57	Tomáš III. Pálffy from Erdöd	1669	1679	on December 12, 1667 appointed Bishop of Eger (Hungary), on December 14, 1671 Bishop of Nitra
58	Ján Gubasóczy	1679	1685	* 1623 in Trnava , elected Bishop of Pécs on September 26, 1668 , Bishop of Vác on December 12, 1676, Bishop of Nitra on May 13, 1680, Archbishop of Kalocsa in 1685, † April 10, 1686
59	Peter III Korompay	1686	1690	* June 24, 1633 in Nahács (Trnava), appointed Bishop of Vác on April 28, 1681 and consecrated on September 21, 1681, on April 20, 1682 Bishop of Eger (Hungary), on November 24, 1687 Bishop of Nitra, † May 12, 1690
60	Jakub II. Hasko	1690	1691
61	Blažej I. Jáklin	1691	1695	ordained a priest on July 31, 1667, elected Bishop of Knin ( Croatia ) on January 16, 1688 , by Pope Innocent XI on November 29, 1688 . confirmed and consecrated on March 13, 1689, Bishop of Nitra on November 26, 1691, † October 18, 1695
62	Ladislav III. Maťašovský	1696	1705	* 1646 in Matyasoviz , appointed Bishop of Nitra on June 18, 1696, † May 10, 1705
63	Ladislav IV. Ádám Erdődy	1706	1736	* September 30, 1677 Pressburg was appointed Bishop of Nitra on February 21, 1707, † May 10, 1736
64	Johann Ernst Harrach	1738	1739	* April 1705 in Vienna, ordained a priest on April 5, 1733, appointed Bishop of Nitra on September 30, 1737, consecrated. October 6, 1737 - December 16, 1739
65	Imrich I. Esterházy	1740	1763	* 1689 Iaurinen , consecrated titular bishop of Dora on July 23, 1725 , bishop of Nitra on May 29, 1741, † November 29, 1763
66	Ján Gustíni-Zubrohlavský	1764	1777	* November 23, 1712 in Zubrohlava , ordained a priest on April 9, 1735, appointed coadjutor bishop of Nitra and titular bishop of Sergiopolis on November 20, 1762 , consecrated. on January 23, 1763, on November 29, 1763 Bishop of Nitra, † January 31, 1777
67	Antal Révay	1780	1783	* Ordained a priest on March 6, 1718 in Szucsany on March 12, 1741, appointed auxiliary bishop in Esztergom on May 20, 1754 and ordained titular bishop of Milevum , on September 16, 1776 Bishop of Rožňava , on September 18, 1780 Bishop of Nitra , † December 26, 1783
68	František Xaver Fuchs	1787	1804	* August 24, 1744 in Pandorfen , ordained a priest on May 28, 1768, appointed Bishop of Nitra on March 10, 1788, consecrated. on April 13, 1788, on August 20, 1804 Archbishop of Eger (Hungary), † June 27, 1807
69	Józef Kluch	1808	1826	* March 30, 1748 Znióváralja , ordained a priest on April 1, 1771, appointed Bishop of Nitra on July 11, 1808, consecrated. August 28, 1808 - December 31, 1826
70	Józef Vurum	1827	1838	* November 27, 1763 in Trnava, ordained a priest on August 18, 1788, appointed Bishop of Székesfehérvár on September 23, 1816 , consecrated. on November 10, 1816, on April 19, 1822 Bishop of Oradea Mare, on September 17, 1827 Bishop of Nitra, † May 2, 1838
71	Imrich Palugyay	1838	1858	* October 31, 1780 in Palúdzka , ordained a priest on December 4, 1803, appointed Bishop of Košice in 1830 , consecrated. Bishop of Nitra on May 6, 1831, February 13, 1839, installed May 25, 1839, † July 27, 1858
72	Augustín Roškováni	1859	1892	* December 6, 1807 in Szinne , Bishop of Vác on September 5, 1854, Bishop of Nitra on April 15, 1859, † February 24, 1892
73	Imrich Bende	1893	1911	* August 28, 1824 in Baja , (Hungary), ordained a priest on August 30, 1847, appointed Bishop of Banská Bystrica on March 17, 1887 , cons. Bishop of Nitra on April 24, 1887, January 19, 1893, † March 26, 1911
74	Vilmos Batthyány	1911	1920	previously auxiliary bishop in Nitra, he was appointed bishop of Nitra on March 18, 1911, retired on December 16, 1920 and titular bishop of Cyrrhus , † November 24, 1923
75	Karol Kmetko	1920	1948	* December 12, 1875 in Veľké Držkovce , ordained a priest on July 2, 1899, appointed Bishop of Nitra on November 13, 1920, consecrated. appointed archbishop ( pro hac vice ) on February 13, 1921, May 11, 1944 , † December 22, 1948
76	Eduard Nécsey	1949	1968	* February 9, 1892 in Oslany , ordained a priest on June 30, 1915, appointed auxiliary bishop in Nitra and titular bishop of Velicia on March 12, 1943 , consecrated. appointed Apostolic Administrator on May 16, 1943, † June 19, 1968
77	Jan Pásztor	1973	1988	* January 27, 1912 in Prievidza , ordained a priest on September 30, 1934, appointed Bishop of Nitra on February 19, 1973, episcopal ordination on March 3, 1973, † November 8, 1988
78	Ján Chryzostom Korec SJ	1990	2005	* January 22, 1924 in Bošany , ordained a priest on October 1, 1950, ordained bishop on August 24, 1951, Bishop of Nitra on February 6, 1990, made cardinal on June 28, 1991, retired on January 9, 2005 , † October 24, 2015
79	Viliam Judák	2005		* November 9, 1957 in Harvelka , ordained a priest on June 16, 1985, appointed Bishop of Nitra on June 9, 2005, episcopal ordination on July 16, 2005