Metropolitan see Košice, Slovakia
Archdiocese of Košice
Cassovien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, established as a diocese in 1804 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 31 March 1995. Its suffragans are Rožňava and Spiš, and Bernard Bober has been archbishop since 2010. Listed in the source as a diocese, it is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese.
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- Established
- 1804
- Catholics
- 522,008
- Priests
- 430
- Territory
- 10,403 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Narodenia presvätej BohorodičkyBačkov · CathedralView parish
- Zostúpenia Svätého DuchaKošiceView parish
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Bernard Bober
- Born
- 3 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Zbudské Dlhé
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Elizabeth stands in Košice, 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
Seated in Košice, where the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth stands, this Latin archdiocese of eastern Slovakia (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) takes in the central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions. Its territory extends over 10,403 km2 and holds a total population of 1,153,505, of whom roughly 61% were Catholic as of 2012.