Diocese of Rožňava

Diocese of Rožňava
Basic data
Country	Slovakia
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Košice
Diocesan bishop	Stanislav Stolárik
Vicar General	Lukáč Dušan
founding	March 13, 1776
surface	7,753 km²
Dean's offices	8 (July 30, 2018)
Parishes	112 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents	390,584 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics	205,431 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of	52.6%
Diocesan priest	97 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest	23 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest	1,712
Permanent deacons	1 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars	23 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters	72 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Slovak , Hungarian
cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption
address	Námestie Baníkov 20 SK-048 01 Rožňava Slovak Republic Tel .: [phone]
Website	www.roznava.rcc.sk

The Diocese of Rožňava or Diocese of Rosenau ( Latin : Dioecesis Rosnaviensis ; Slovak .: Rožňavská diecéza ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the south of Slovakia with its seat in Rožňava .

history

Coat of arms of the Rožňava diocese

• 1776: In the north of the former Kingdom of Hungary belonging city Rožňava a bishopric was Queen Maria Theresa founded. The Apostolic Administration Rožňava became part of the Archdiocese of Gran , which was subordinate to the Church Province of Gran.
• 1977: In the course of the reorganization of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovakia , the existing administration by the Hungarian Archdiocese of Esztergom was abolished. The diocese of Spiš , which was located in the ecclesiastical province of Eger , was incorporated into the newly created ecclesiastical province of Bratislava-Trnava as a suffragan diocese .
• 1995: The dioceses of Rožňava and Spiš are subordinated to the Archdiocese of Košice .

See also

• List of the bishops of Rožňava
• Roman Catholic Church in Slovakia
• City of Rožňava

Web links

• Entry on the Diocese of Rožňava on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
• History and dates of the Diocese of Rožňava on the website of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovakia (Slovak)
• Diocese of Rosenau at newadvent.org (English)

Individual proof

1. ↑ Dekanáty, dekani a prodekani Rožňavskej diecézy , as of July 30, 2018, accessed on January 8, 2019.

Cathedral of the Assumption in Rožňava