The Diocese of Žilina ( sk, Žilinská Diecéza, la, Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a

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diocese in north-western

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including parts of the

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and

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regions. It has its seat in

. The current bishop is

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History

The diocese was established on 14 February 2008 from the northern parts of the

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, which shifted more to the south and from a small part of the

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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

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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 site
of the diocese Catholic Church in Slovakia Roman Catholic dioceses in Slovakia Žilina {{Slovakia-stub