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Suffragan diocese Nitra, Slovakia

Diocese of Nitra

Nitrien(sis)

Latin Church diocese in western Slovakia and the oldest see in present-day Slovakia, first established around 880 during Great Moravia and re-founded in 1105. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava, and Viliam Judák has been bishop since 2005.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Emmeram's Cathedral, in Nitra, Slovakia.

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Established
880
Catholics
570,135
Priests
339
Territory
5,932 km²

Parishes and churches

194 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Viliam Judák
Born
9 November 1957
Birthplace
Harvelka

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The cathedral

St. Emmeram's Cathedral stands in Nitra, 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

Nitra, in western Slovakia, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese (Slovak: Nitrianska diecéza; Latin: Dioecesis Nitriensis; Hungarian: Nyitrai egyházmegye). As of 2020 its bishop is Viliam Judák.