The Archdiocese of Trnava ( sk, Trnavská arcidiecéza, la, Archidioecesis Tyrnaviensis) is a

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archdiocese in western

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including bigger part of the

Trnava Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' ( Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' ( T ...

, and parts of

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...

and

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regions. It has its seat in

. Although it is an archdiocese, it is not a metropolitan and is instead a suffragan of Bratislava. In 2013

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appointed Auxiliary Bishop Ján Orosch as the next Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trnava.

History

The diocese was first created as Apostolic Administration of Trnava on 29 May 1922, subordinate to the

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, on the territory of

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which became part of the

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after 1918. On the order of

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on 30 December 1977, it was elevated to the status of metropolitan archdiocese and renamed to the Archdiocese of Trnava, and it had at first suffragans of

, Banská Bystrica,

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, Košice and

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. On 31 March 1995, the archdiocese was renamed to Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, and since then it had only suffragans of Banská Bystrica and Nitra. Its territory covered Bratislava, Trnava,

(except the city of

and the strip connecting it with the main part 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 ...

), small part of the

and south-western part of the Banská Bystrica regions. As of 2004, it covered an area of approximately 14,000 km² with a population of 1,930,000 people of which around 70% were of Catholic faith.Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava at catholic-hierarchy.org
/ref> On 14 February 2008, the archdiocese was split between several dioceses. Trnava became seat of the newly created Archdiocese of Trnava, which, despite being an archdiocese, belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bratislava as its suffragan. Other parts of the former diocese have been split between the dioceses of

and Banská Bystrica (see e.g
this map (in Slovak)

Róbert Bezák Mons. Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. (born 1 March 1960) is a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He was consecrated as Archbishop of Trnava on June 6, 2009, by Cardinal Jozef Tomko. His removal from the see of Trnava was announced on July 2, 2012. Hun ...

, C.SS.R. (a member of the

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order) served as Archbishop from 2009. In January 2012, the Vatican had named the Czech bishop

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as its apostolic visitor to the archdiocese of Trnava. Archbishop Bezák's removal from this see was announced 2 July 2012.

Bishops

* Ján Sokol (Archbishop: 14 Feb 2008 - 18 Apr 2009) *

(Archbishop: 18 Apr 2009 - 2 Jul 2012) *

Ján Orosch Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Archbishop of Trnava. Biography After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Julius Gábriš on 6 June 1976 in Bratislava. He worke ...

(Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Feb 2008, Apostolic Administrator: 2 Jul 2012, Archbishop: 11 Jul 2013 -)

References

External links

Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava
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