Diocese of Banská Bystrica
Neosolien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Latin Church diocese in central Slovakia, erected on 13 March 1776 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bratislava. Marián Chovanec has been bishop since his appointment in 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1776
- Latin
- Neosolien(sis)
- Patron
- Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000822
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 366,258
- Population
- 594,124
- Catholic share
- 61.6%
- Priests
- 274
- Catholics per priest
- 1,337
- Extent
- 6,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Marián Chovanec
- Born
- 16 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Trenčín
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. Francis Xavier stands in Banská Bystrica, 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:
- Archdiocese of BratislavaBratislava
- Diocese of NitraNitra
- Archdiocese of TrnavaTrnava
- Diocese of ŽilinaŽilina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Slovakia is served by the Diocese of Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Banskobystrická diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Neosoliensis), a Latin Church diocese seated in Banská Bystrica.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].