Eparchy Košice
| Eparchy Košice | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archeparchy of Presov |
| Diocesan bishop | Milan Chautur CSsR |
| Apostolic Administrator | Cyril Vasiľ SJ |
| Vicar General | Jaroslav Lajčiak |
| founding | February 21, 1997 |
| surface | 6,753 km² |
| Parishes | 94 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 74,234 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 158 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 432 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language |
Slovak Church Slavic Hungarian |
| cathedral | Birth of the Mother of God |
| Website | www.grkatke.sk |
The Eparchy Košice ( Latin Eparchia Kosicensis ) is a Greek Catholic eparchy unified with the Roman Catholic Church , which is subordinate to the Archeparch Prešov as a suffragandiocese .
history
The Exarchate of Košice was established on January 27, 1997 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiales communitates . It is located on the territory of southeastern Slovakia and is congruent with the political district Košický kraj . Previously it was part of the Greek Catholic eparchy Prešov.
On January 30, 2008, the previous Apostolic Exarchate Košice by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to eparchy.
The current bishop of the eparchy is Milan Chautur .
See also
- Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia
- List of Greek Catholic Bishops in Slovakia
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
Web links
- Entry on Eparchy Košice on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Official website (Slovak)