Diocese of Žilina
Žilinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Žilina, Slovakia
The Diocese of Žilina is a Latin Church see in northern Slovakia, erected on 14 February 2008 from parts of the dioceses of Nitra and Banská Bystrica. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 February 2008
- Latin
- Žilinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Cyril and Methodius
- Annuario code
- 001000247
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 484,200
- Population
- 592,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.8%
- Priests
- 229
- Catholics per priest
- 2,114
- Extent
- 3,487 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 139
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
- Tomáš Galis
- Born
- 22 December 1950
- Birthplace
- Selice
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 Holy Trinity, Žilina stands in Žilina, 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
- Diocese of NitraNitra
- Archdiocese of TrnavaTrnava
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
North-western Slovakia, including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions, is served by this Latin diocese (Slovak: Žilinská Diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Zilinensis), seated in Žilina. Tomáš Galis is its current bishop.
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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.