The Catholic Church in Slovakia is part of the worldwide

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, under the spiritual leadership of the

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. Around 55.8% of the total population is Latin (Roman) Catholic and another 3.8% is Greek Catholic. The country is divided into 8 Latin

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

s including 3

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

s, and there is also a separate Metropolitan jurisdiction for those of the

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

, see

Slovak Greek Catholic Church The Slovak Greek Catholic Church ( Slovak: ''Gréckokatolícka cirkev na Slovensku'', "Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia"; la, Ecclesia Graeco Catholica Slovacica), or Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church, is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern Ca ...

. Taking the percentage of membership in the Catholic Church as an indicator, Slovakia is the third most Catholic Slavic country, after Poland and Croatia. Dóm svätej Alžbety - z juhu (1)

Structure

Roman Catholic

Archdiocese of Bratislava The Archdiocese of Bratislava ( sk, Bratislavská arcidiecéza, la, Archidioecesis Bratislaviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in western Slovakia including Bratislava and the western Trnava regions. It has its seat in Bratislava. The cur ...

with the following

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

s: **

Archdiocese of Trnava The Archdiocese of Trnava ( sk, Trnavská arcidiecéza, la, Archidioecesis Tyrnaviensis) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in western Slovakia including bigger part of the Trnava, and parts of Nitra and Trenčín regions. It has its seat in Trnav ...

Diocese of Nitra The Diocese of Nitra ( sk, Nitrianska diecéza; la, Dioecesis Nitriensis; hu, Nyitrai egyházmegye) is a Roman Catholic diocese western Slovakia, with its seat in Nitra. , the bishop is Viliam Judák. History The diocese was created as the f ...

Diocese of Žilina In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Diocese of Banská Bystrica In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Archdiocese of Košice In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

with the following suffragans: **

Diocese of Spiš In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Diocese of Rožňava In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Military Ordinariate of Slovakia The Military Ordinariate of Slovakia ( sk, Vojenský ordinariát) is a Latin military ordinariate (pseudo-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church for the Slovak armed forces. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ...

Greek Catholic

* Archeparchy of Prešov with the following suffragans: **

Eparchy of Bratislava The Eparchy of Bratislava ( la, Eparchia Bratislaviensis) is a Slovak Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church that covers the territory of western and central Slovakia. It is a suffragan diocese, suffraga ...

Eparchy of Košice Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. De ...

Catholic organizations

* eRko: Catholic children and youth organization, member of

Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizatio ...

and

CIDSE CIDSE, which is short for "Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité" (French for "International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic development agencies from Europe an ...

References

External links

Oficiálna stránka Katolíckej cirkvi na Slovensku
Official webpage
Catholic Church in Slovakia official site
* ttp://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/SK.htm Homepage of ''Giga Catholic''about Catholic Church in Slovakia
vatican.va
{{Christianity in Slovakia