Suffragan diocese Nitra, Slovakia
Diocese of Nitra
Nitrien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Povýšenia sv. KrížaNitrianska BlatnicaView parish
- Povýšenia sv. KrížaŠišovView parish
- Povýšenia sv. KrížaSvinnáView parish
- Povýšenia sv. KrížaVeľký KýrView parish
- Povýšenia sv. KrížaZbehyView parish
- Povýšenia Svätého KrížaNové ZámkyView parish
- Preblahoslavenej Panny MárieVrábleView parish
- Ružencovej Panny MárieSvätoplukovoView parish
- Ružencovej Panny MárieVinodolView parish
- Sedembolestnej Panny MárieTlmačeView parish
- Sedembolestnej Panny MárieLipováView parish
- Sedembolestnej Panny MárieMaňaView parish
- sv. AlžbetyDubníkView parish
- sv. AlžbetyKomjaticeView parish
- sv. AlžbetyPreseľanyView parish
- sv. Alžbety UhorskejDolná SúčaView parish
- sv. Alžbety UhorskejSlatina nad BebravouView parish
- sv. Alžbety UhorskejVeľké BieliceView parish
- sv. Andreja Svorada a BenediktaNitrianske RudnoView parish
- sv. AnnyBešaView parish
- sv. AnnyLehotaView parish
- sv. BartolomejaSelecView parish
- sv. BenediktaHronský BeňadikView parish
- sv. Cyrila a MetodějeVysočanyView parish
- sv. Cyrila a sv. MetodaPustý ChotárView parish
- sv. DamiánaTrenčianske BiskupiceView parish
- sv. DorotyČavojView parish
- sv. Filipa a JakubaNitrianske SučanyView parish
- sv. Filipa a JakubaKozárovceView parish
- sv. Filipa a JakubaNitrianska StredaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.