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Diocese of Spiš

Dioecesis Scepusiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • František Trstenský, Bishop
  • Ján Kuboš, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Andrej Imrich, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 13 March 1776
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Košice
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Slovakia
  • Square Kilometers: 7,802 (3,013 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kapitula.sk/
  • Mailing Address: Biskupsky urad, Spisska Kapitula 9, SK 053 04 Spisske Podhradie, Slovenska Republika
  • Telephone: (053)454.11.36
  • Fax: 450.22.08

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1776ElevatedArchdiocese of Esztergom Diocese of Spiš
2 September 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Spiš (from Eger to Immediately Subject)
30 December 1977Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Spiš (from Immediately Subject)
31 March 1995Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Spiš (from Trnava)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949306,931324,78094.5%264423061,00353485162ap1951
1969392,594479,00582.0%1871872,09919152ap1971
1980411,137504,84181.4%203252281,80329139155ap1981
1990439,392546,41380.4%186422281,92744206155ap1991
1999432,382581,92074.3%286343201,35140300172ap2000
2000435,894585,43274.5%291313221,35337307172ap2001
2001426,818572,00874.6%292343261,30944318173ap2002
2002441,554584,66775.5%295423371,31049286175ap2003
2003446,651600,03374.4%303423451,29458277177ap2004
2004447,050583,63376.6%305423471,28858282177ap2005
2010454,630603,60075.3%299403391,34148294177ap2011
2014439,022591,65174.2%284433271,342155278178ap2015
2017449,084600,78274.7%278453231,390158248178ap2018
2020468,647602,90577.7%332423741,253155256179ap2021
2022450,709613,37073.5%316423581,258154241179ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 378
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 366, to Page 369
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 776, and Page 777

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