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Archdiocese of Trnava

Tyrnavien(sis)

The Archdiocese of Trnava is a Latin Church see in western Slovakia. Although titled an archdiocese since 1977, it is not a metropolitan see and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava.

The see

Rank
Suffragan archdiocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1922
Latin
Tyrnavien(sis)
Patron
Saint John the Baptist
Annuario code
001003283

The see in figures

Catholics
451,174
Population
623,155
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
72.4%
Priests
232
Catholics per priest
1,945
Extent
4,833 km²
Catholics per km²
93

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

Archbishop
János Orosch

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 St. John the Baptist, Trnava stands in Trnava, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in Trnava, this Latin Catholic archdiocese (Slovak: Trnavská arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Tyrnaviensis) covers most of the Trnava region along with parts of the Nitra and Trenčín regions in western Slovakia. Despite its archiepiscopal rank it is not a metropolitan see; it stands instead as a suffragan of Bratislava. In 2013 Pope Francis named Auxiliary Bishop Ján Orosch its next archbishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.