Diocese of Nitra

	Diocese of Nitra
Basic data
Country	Slovakia
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Bratislava
Diocesan bishop	Viliam Judák
surface	5,932 km²
Dean's offices	15 (February 14, 2008)
Parishes	197 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Residents	715,200 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics	590,300 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
proportion of	82.5%
Diocesan priest	281 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest	81 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest	1,631
Permanent deacons	1 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Friars	112 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters	210 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Slovak
cathedral	St. Emmeram in Nitra
address	PP 46A ; SK-950 50 Nitra ; Slovak Republic ; Tel .: +421 37 772 1747
Website	www.biskupstvo-nitra.sk

The Diocese of Nitra or Diocese of Neutra ( Latin Dioecesis Nitriensis ; Slovak .: Nitrianska diecéza ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northwest Slovakia with its seat in Nitra .

Diocese coat of arms

history

880: Founding of the diocese in the Moravian Empire by Saint Methodius , Wiching from Bavaria became bishop , after which the diocese probably went under in the 10th century
around 1110 (or a little earlier): The diocese was re-established in the north of what was then the Kingdom of Hungary . 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 diocese of Nitra is transferred from the ecclesiastical province of Gran to the newly created ecclesiastical province of Bratislava-Trnava .
2008: radical reorganization of the diocese area, more than half of the diocese in the north was separated and added to a new diocese of Sillein (Žilina) (a small area in the west was also transferred to the newly reduced Archdiocese of Tyrnau); the considerable loss of territory was compensated in return by the expansion of the diocese in the south.

Diocese structure

When it was reorganized (2008), the diocese consisted of 15 deaneries , later 17:

Deanery Bánovce nad Bebravou (Banowitz)
Deanery Hronský Beňadik (Saint Benedict) - arose from the division of the former large deanship Levice, the other half of which (Levice) fell to the Diocese of Neusohl
Deanery Lužianky - newly established (previously part of the Deanery Nitra II)
Deanery Nemšová (divided, the southern half ceded to the Archdiocese of Tyrnau)
Deanery Nitra I (Neutra I) - reduced and renamed: Deanery Nitra (Neutra)
Deanery Nitra II (Neutra II) - dissolved, rebuilt: Deanery Močenok
Deanery Nitrianske Rudno (downsized in favor of the Diocese of Neusohl)
Deanery Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel)
Deanery Radošina (Radoschin) - newly established by outsourcing from the Deanery Topoľčany
Deanery Topo Dekčany (Groß-Topoltschan) - downsized
Deanery Skačany - renamed after the new center: Deanery Bošany (Boschan)
Deanery Štúrovo (Parkan)
Deanery Vráble
Deanery Trenčín (Trenčín)
Deanery Zlaté Moravce (Gold Moravitz)
Deanery Želiezovce (Zelis)
Deanery Šurany (Shuran)

Diocese of Neutra before 2008	Diocese of Neutra after 2008	Cathedral of St. Emmeram in Nitra

Public officials

Bishops in Nitra

see: List of the Bishops of Nitra

Auxiliary bishops in Nitra

No.	bishop	from	to	annotation
01	Vilmos Batthyány	1902	1905	* March 15, 1870 in Zalaszentgrót , appointed auxiliary bishop in Nitra and titular bishop of Titiopolis on January 2, 1902 , consecrated. on February 5, 1902, 1905 coadjutor bishop of Nitra, on March 18, 1911 bishop of Nitra
02	Andrej Skrábik	1939	1941	* May 13, 1882 in Rajec , ordained a priest on September 17, 1904, appointed auxiliary bishop in Nitra and titular bishop of Scyrus on August 12, 1939 , consecrated. on September 17, 1939, on June 14, 1941 appointed coadjutor bishop of Banská Bystrica and on August 21, 1943 as bishop of Banská Bystrica; † January 8, 1950
03	Eduard Nécsey	1943	1949	* 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. May 16, 1943, 1949 Apostolic Administrator of Nitra
04th	František Rábek	1991	2003	* February 17, 1949 in Sládeckovce , ordained a priest on June 7, 1972, appointed auxiliary bishop in Nitra and titular bishop of Catrum on July 13, 1991 , episcopal ordination on July 27, 1991, and military bishop of Slovakia on January 20, 2003
05	Marián Chovanec	1999	2012	* September 16, 1957 in Trencin , ordained a priest on June 17, 1989, appointed Titular Bishop of Maxita and Auxiliary Bishop in Nitra on July 22, 1999 by Pope John Paul II , consecrated on September 18, 1999. November 20, 2012 appointed Bishop of Banská Bystrica .

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