The Diocese of Žilina ( sk, Žilinská Diecéza, la, Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a
Roman Catholic
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diocese in north-western
Slovakia
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including parts of the
Trenčín
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and
Žilina
Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of ...
regions. It has its seat in
Žilina
Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of ...
. The current bishop is
Tomáš Galis
Tomáš Galis (born 22 December 1950 in Selice) is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina.
Tomáš Galis was born, the first of five children to Stephen Galis and Christine Šprláková. In 1966 he completed the basic nine-y ...
.
History
The diocese was established on 14 February 2008 from the northern parts of the
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 ...
, which shifted more to the south and from a small part of the
Diocese of Banská Bystrica
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
.
Today
The newest activities in 2022 from the newly established Caplan, the Roman Catholic priest Michal Tichy, were connected to another willingness project—The
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's interests. The priest allowed
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, from the first point, to publish the edited record of his
Holy Mass
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freely to the whole world. His own homilies were firstly recorded 18. April 2022 in consideration of the Evangelium of Mathew 28, 8–15.
Deaneries
The diocese currently has 12 deaneries in the towns:
External links
Official siteof the diocese
Catholic Church in Slovakia
Roman Catholic dioceses in Slovakia
Žilina
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