Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

The Diocese of Spiš (Slovak: Spišská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Scepusiensis, Hungarian: Szepesi egyházmegye) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Žilina Region and western part of the Prešov Region. Its seat is in Spišská Kapitula; the diocese covers an area of 7,802 km2 with 583,633 people of which 76.6% are of Catholic faith (2004). The seat is vacant after the death of bishop Štefan Sečka.[1] Auxiliary bishop Ján Kuboš has been elected as a Diocesan Administrator, until new bishop is named by the pope and duly inaugurated. [2]

Diocese of Spiš

Dioecesis Scepusiensis

Spišská Diecéza
Cathedral of St. Martin in Spišská Kapitula
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Spiš
Coat of arms
Location
CountrySlovakia
MetropolitanRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area7,802 km2 (3,012 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2014)
591,651
439,022 (74.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established13 March 1776
CathedralSt. Martin's Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopsede vacante, administered by Ján Kuboš
Metropolitan ArchbishopBernard Bober
Bishops emeritusAndrej Imrich
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

The diocese was established in the Kingdom of Hungary on 13 March 1776 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In 1804, its metropolitan was changed to the Archdiocese of Eger. On 30 December 1977, it was taken from the former and became part of the newly created Slovak ecclesiastical province with metropolitan being the Diocese of Trnava. The last change of metropolitan took place on 31 March 1995 when it was changed to the newly elevated Archdiocese of Košice.

  1. www.tkkbs.sk. "Úmrtie: Zomrel spišský diecézny biskup Mons. Štefan Sečka". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. s.r.o, Global24. "Kedy bude známe meno nového biskupa v Spišskej diecéze? Všetko je v rukách pápeža". Spišská24.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-06-10.


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