Catholic Church in Slovakia

The Catholic Church in Slovakia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

According to the 2021 census, around 55.8%^[1]^[2] of the total population was Latin (Roman) Catholic and another 3.8% is Greek Catholic. The country is divided into 8 Latin dioceses including 3 archdioceses, and there is also a separate Metropolitan jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite, see Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

In 2020, there were over 3,000 priests and almost 2,000 nuns serving across more than 1,500 parishes.^[3]

By taking the percentage of the current practitioners of the Vatican City-led Catholic Christianity as an indicator, Slovakia (59.8% practicing Catholics) is third most Catholic-majority Slavic polity in Europe after Poland (71.3% practicing Catholics) and Croatia (79.0% practicing Catholics).

Structure

Roman Catholic

Archdiocese of Bratislava with the following suffragans:
Archdiocese of Košice with the following suffragans:
- Diocese of Spiš
- Diocese of Rožňava
Military Ordinariate of Slovakia

Greek Catholic

Archeparchy of Prešov with the following suffragans:
- Eparchy of Bratislava
- Eparchy of Košice

Catholic organizations

eRko: Catholic children and youth organization, member of Fimcap and CIDSE
Caritas Slovakia: one of the largest charitable organisations in the country and the largest Catholic charity

References

^ "Roman Catholics represents 56% of the population". Statistical Office of the SR. 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
^ US State Dept 2022 report
^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08

External links

Oficiálna stránka Katolíckej cirkvi na Slovensku Official webpage (in Slovak)
Homepage of Catholic Hierarchy about Catholic Church in Slovakia
Homepage of Giga Catholic about Catholic Church in Slovakia
vatican.va

[1] "Roman Catholics represents 56% of the population". Statistical Office of the SR. 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.

[US2022-2] US State Dept 2022 report

[3] Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08

[note_n0-4] Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n1-5] Part of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe

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v t e Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia
Latin Church	St Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica) St Martin's Cathedral (Bratislava) Cathedral of St. Elizabeth (Košice) St Emmeram's Cathedral (Nitra) Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows (Poprad) Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Prešov) Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rožňava) St Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula) St John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Žilina)
Slovak Greek Catholic Church	Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Bratislava) Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Košice) Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Prešov)
Military Ordinariate	Old Cathedral of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois (Bratislava) Cathedral of Saint Sebastian (Bratislava)
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