Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava

The Eparchy of Bratislava (Latin: 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 ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Its cathedral is the Church of the Holy Feast of the Cross in the episcopal see of Bratislava.

Eparchy of Bratislava

Eparchia Bratislaviensis ritus byzantini

Bratislavská eparchia
Slovak Greek Catholic Cathedral of Bratislava
Coat of arms
Location
CountrySlovakia
Ecclesiastical provincePrešov
Statistics
Population
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
14,941
Parishes15
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSlovak Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established30 January 2008
CathedralCathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bratislava
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
EparchPeter Rusnák
Metropolitan ArchbishopVacant
Auxiliary BishopsMilan Lach
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Eparchy of Bratislava covers territory in Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions (totalling around 33,300 km2).

History

The eparchy was established on 30 January 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and its current bishop is Peter Rusnák. As of 2008, roughly 25,000 Slovak Greek Catholics were under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Bratislava.[1]

References
  1. Aktuálne informácie o Katolíckej cirkvi byzantsko-slovenského obradu na Slovensku


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