Suffragan diocese Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Diocese of Banská Bystrica
Neosolien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1776
- Catholics
- 366,258
- Priests
- 274
- Territory
- 6,750 km²
Parishes and churches
163 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- sv. MichalaJastrabáView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaBanská BystricaView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaBudčaView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaChrenovec-BrusnoView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaDemandiceView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaDobrá NivaView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaDolný BadínView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaOpatovce nad NitrouView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaSebechlebyView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaTurčiansky MichalView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaVeľké UherceView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaVyhneView parish
- sv. Michala, archanjelaLeviceView parish
- sv. MikulášaČajkovView parish
- sv. MikulášaBalážeView parish
- sv. MikulášaKláštor pod ZnievomView parish
- sv. MikulášaPukanecView parish
- sv. MikulášaSklabináView parish
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaNovákyView parish
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaSliačView parish
- sv. Márie MagdalényČereňanyView parish
- sv. Márie MagdalényLovčica-TrubínView parish
- sv. OndrejaBrusnoView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaHokovceView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaHriňováView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaŽarnovicaView parish
- sv. Petra, apoštolaTurčiansky PeterView parish
- sv. Terézie AvilskejKľakView parish
- sv. Terézie z LisieuxPrievidzaView parish
- sv. Tomáša, apoštolaPartizánskeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Marián Chovanec
- Born
- 16 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Trenčín
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.