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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Košice
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice ( sk, Košická arcidiecéza, la, Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers the central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km2. The diocese's area has a total population of 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith as of 2012. The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth serves as the seat of the diocese. The current Archbishop, Bernard Bober was appointed on June 4, 2010, and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. He had formerly served as auxiliary bishop under Alojz Tkáč. On June 11, 2016, priest Marek Forgáč was appointed as the new auxiliary bishop by Pope Francis. History It was first created in 1804 under name Diocese of Košice as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Eger. In 1977, the metropolitan was changed to the newly established ecclesiastical province of Trnava. On 31 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of St
A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, Anglican, and some Lutheranism, Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastery, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Slovakia
There are two ecclesiastical provinces of the Latin Church of the Catholic church in Slovakia. Under 2 archdioceses, there are 6 suffragan dioceses. There is also a military ordinariate that is not part of either ecclesiastical province. In addition, there is one ecclesiastical territory of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. Under the one archeparchy, are two eparchies. There are no titular sees or other defunct jurisdictions other than direct precursors of current dioceses. Latin Hierarchy Exempt * Military Ordinariate of Slovakia Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava ** Archdiocese of Trnava ** Diocese of Banská Bystrica ** Diocese of Nitra ** Diocese of Žilina Ecclesiastical Province of Košice * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Košice ** Diocese of Rožňava ** Diocese of Spiš Slovak Greek Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Prešov (Byzantine Rite) * Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov, ''also Chief of the entire ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archbishops Of Košice
Below are listed the archbishops of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice. See also *Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References {{DEFAULTSORT:Archbishops of Košice Clergy from Košice Lists of bishops and archbishops in Europe, Košice Slovak Roman Catholic archbishops, Kosice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
