There are two

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s of the

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of the

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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 s ...

. Under 2 archdioceses, there are 6 suffragan dioceses. There is also a

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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 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 ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava **

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 Tr ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 rite-specific

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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 eparchy in the e ...

** Eparchy of Košice

External links and sources

Catholic-Hierarchy entry

{{Slovak Greek Catholic Church hierarchy *

Catholic dioceses