Diocese of Rožňava
Rosnavien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rožňava, Slovakia
Latin Church diocese in southern Slovakia, erected on 13 March 1776 by Maria Theresa and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Košice since 1995. Stanislav Stolárik has been bishop since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1776
- Latin
- Rosnavien(sis)
- Patron
- san Juan Nepomuceno
- Annuario code
- 001002778
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,233
- Population
- 441,139
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 47.2%
- Priests
- 120
- Catholics per priest
- 1,735
- Extent
- 7,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Stanislav Stolárik
- Born
- 27 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Rožňava
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
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary stands in Rožňava, 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 Košice
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Košice.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KošiceKošice
- Diocese of SpišSpiš
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southern Slovakia is home to this Latin Church diocese (Slovak: Rožňavská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Rosnaviensis), which takes in the central and eastern parts of the Banská Bystrica Region together with the western parts of the Košice Region. Seated in Rožňava, it extends over 7,000 km2 and counts 343,352 people, 58% of them Catholic (2004).
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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.