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Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)

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Bishop(s)

  • Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U., Archbishop
  • Ján Babjak, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
22 September 1818ErectedEparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian) Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) (erected)
8 June 1912Territory LostArchdiocese of Esztergom
Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale)
Diocese of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian) (erected)
4 June 1924Territory LostEparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc (Hungarian) (erected)
2 September 1937Metropolitan ChangedEparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) (from Esztergom to Immediately Subject)
18 January 1996Territory LostEparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) (Czech Republic) Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) (erected)
27 January 1997Territory LostEparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) (Cassovian civil region) Apostolic Exarchate of Košice (Slovak) (erected)
30 January 2008Territory LostEparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) (Bratislava, Nitra, Neosol, and Zilin) Eparchy of Bratislava (Slovak) (erected)
Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)
30 January 2008ElevatedEparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak) Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
1949320,96912,337,6842.6%311303419414339241ap1951
1970350,00014,000,0002.5%201ap1971
1980350,000217182351,4892778200ap1981
1990361,992194202141,6912876201ap1991
1999118,740230212514732569179ap2000
2000175,00022720247708133104199ap2001
2001175,0002412226366514176200ap2002
2002135,8292272224954514085201ap2003
2003136,2792321925154213786201ap2004
2004136,593221222435622480201ap2005
Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)
2009137,5002321724955212176161ap2010
2012123,7002472226945912598164ap2013
2015115,6002892131037212272165ap2016
2018117,0002722229439722575164ap2019
2020117,8002821930139122273163ap2021
2022114,4012881830637322068163ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 373
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 366, to Page 369
  • Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 58, and Page 59

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