The Eparchy of Košice is a Slovak Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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covering the territory of the

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. It is suffragan eparchy in the

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of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. It was established on 30 January 2008 by

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from the territory of the

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created previously (on 21 February 1997) by his predecessor

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History

* Established on 27 January 1997 as ''Apostolic Exarchate of Košice'', on territory split off from the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov. * Elevated on 30 January 2008 to ''Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice''.

List of eparchs

* Milan Chautur (27 January 1997 – 24 June 2021) **named eparch 30 January 2008 * Cyril Vasiľ (24 June 2021 – present) ** apostolic administrator ''sede plena'' (20 January 2020 – 24 June 2021)

References

External links

Official website (in Slovak)
Catholic Church in Slovakia Catholic dioceses in Slovakia Eastern Catholic dioceses Košice {{EasternCatholic-diocese-stub