Metropolitan see Bratislava, Slovakia
Archdiocese of Bratislava
Bratislavien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese and primatial see of Slovakia, with roots in the 1922 Apostolic Administration of Trnava and elevated to an archdiocese in 1977 before its 2008 reorganization moved the seat to Bratislava. Stanislav Zvolenský has been archbishop since 2008. Listed in the source as a diocese, it is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese.
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- Established
- 1922
- Catholics
- 443,097
- Priests
- 334
- Territory
- 3,759 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Stanislav Zvolenský
- Born
- 19 November 1958
- Birthplace
- Trnava
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The cathedral
St. Martin's Cathedral stands in Bratislava, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Western Slovakia, taking in Bratislava and the western Trnava regions, forms the territory of this Latin Church archdiocese (Slovak: Bratislavská arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Bratislaviensis). Its seat is in Bratislava. Stanislav Zvolenský serves as the current archbishop, assisted by auxiliary bishop Jozef Haľko.
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Rev. Peter Haramia died on Friday, September 18, 2026
The Diocese of Bratislava reported that Father Peter Haramia died on Friday, September 18, 2026. He had served as a priest for 53 years. The funeral Mass is scheduled for Friday, September 25, 2026, at 14:30 at the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Jablonov. Burial rites will follow at the local cemetery in Jablonov. After his ordination, Haramia served as a chaplain in Radošovce in 1974 and in Šaštín-Stráže in 1976. His roles included prefect of the Bratislava Seminary in 1977, parish administrator in Leopoldov in 1980, and parish administrator in Moravský Svätý Ján in 1992. He served as dean in Senica in 1995. Haramia later served as parish priest in Dojč in 2005 and in Plavecký Štvrtok in 2009, before providing pastoral assistance in Malacky in 2013. He retired in 2014.
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