Archdiocese of Košice
Cassovien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Košice, Slovakia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 August 1804
- Latin
- Cassovien(sis)
- Patron
- Andrew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001892
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 522,008
- Population
- 1,153,008
- Catholic share
- 45.3%
- Priests
- 430
- Catholics per priest
- 1,214
- Extent
- 10,403 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Archbishop
- Bernard Bober
- Born
- 3 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Zbudské Dlhé
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. 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.
The province of Košice
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of RožňavaRožňava
- Diocese of SpišSpiš
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].