Diocese of Nitra
Nitrien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nitra, Slovakia
Latin Church diocese in western Slovakia and the oldest see in present-day Slovakia, first established around 880 during Great Moravia and re-founded in 1105. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava, and Viliam Judák has been bishop since 2005.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 880
- Latin
- Nitrien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Methodius
- Annuario code
- 001002397
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 570,135
- Population
- 684,604
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 339
- Catholics per priest
- 1,682
- Extent
- 5,932 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Viliam Judák
- Born
- 9 November 1957
- Birthplace
- Harvelka
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Emmeram's Cathedral stands in Nitra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bratislava
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bratislava.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica
- Archdiocese of BratislavaBratislava
- Archdiocese of TrnavaTrnava
- Diocese of ŽilinaŽilina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Nitra, in western Slovakia, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Slovak: Nitrianska diecéza; Latin: Dioecesis Nitriensis; Hungarian: Nyitrai egyházmegye). As of 2020 its bishop is Viliam Judák.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.