Banská Bystrica diocese

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Banská Bystrica diocese
Map of Banska Bystrica diocese
Basic data
Country Slovakia
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Bratislava
Diocesan bishop Marián Chovanec
founding 1776
surface 6,750 km²
Dean's offices 15 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Parishes 155 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Residents 616,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics 401,300 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
proportion of 65.1%
Diocesan priest 109 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest 55 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest 2,447
Permanent deacons 2 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Friars 89 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters 278 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Slovak
cathedral St. Francis Xaverius
address Biskupský úrad
pošt. schránka 107
Nám SNP 19
SK-975 90 Banská Bystrica
Slovak Republic
Website www.bbdieceza.sk

The diocese of Banská Bystrica or Diocese of Neusohl ( Latin : Dioecesis Neosoliensis ; Slovak .: Banskobystrická diecéza ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in central Slovakia with its seat in Banská Bystrica .

history

Banská Bystrica diocese coat of arms
  • 1776 : Founding of a bishopric in Banská Bystrica in the north of what was then the Kingdom of Hungary by Queen Maria Theresa . At that time the diocese was part of the ecclesiastical province of Gran .
  • 1977 : In the course of the decoupling of the Catholic Church in Slovakia from that in Hungary , the Banská Bystrica diocese is transferred from the Gran ecclesiastical province to the newly created Bratislava-Trnava ecclesiastical province , which was restructured on February 14, 2008 to the ecclesiastical province of Bratislava . With the simultaneous territorial reform of the western Slovak dioceses, the diocese of Banská Bystrica was considerably enlarged.

See also

Web links

Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Banska Bystrica