Diocese of Nitra
Nitrien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nitra, Slovakia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 880
- Latin
- Nitrien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Methodius
- Annuario code
- 001002397
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 570,135
- Population
- 684,604
- Catholic share
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 339
- Catholics per priest
- 1,682
- Extent
- 5,932 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
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
- Bishop
- Viliam Judák
- Born
- 9 November 1957
- Birthplace
- Harvelka
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
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.
The province of Bratislava
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bratislava.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica
- Archdiocese of BratislavaBratislava
- Archdiocese of TrnavaTrnava
- Diocese of ŽilinaŽilina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].