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.
- sv. LadislavaMojmírovceView parish
- sv. MartinaVeľký ĎurView parish
- sv. MartinaDežericeView parish
- sv. MartinaHontianska VrbicaView parish
- sv. MartinaHronský BeňadikView parish
- sv. MartinaIvanka Pri NitreView parish
- sv. MartinaJarokView parish
- sv. MartinaMalé HosteView parish
- sv. MartinaNitraView parish
- sv. MartinaSikeničkaView parish
- sv. MartinaZemnéView parish
- sv. Martina biskupaÚľany nad ŽitavouView parish
- sv. Martina biskupaTrenčianska TurnáView parish
- sv. Martina z ToursBošanyView parish
- sv. Martina z ToursHorné LefantovceView parish
- sv. MatúšaTrenčianska TepláView parish
- sv. MauríciaKamenný MostView parish
- sv. MichalaUrminceView parish
- sv. Michala ArchanjelaArdanovceView parish
- sv. Michala ArchanjelaBánovView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaKamenica nad HronomView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaMichal nad ŽitavouView parish
- sv. Michala ArchanjelaNemšováView parish
- sv. Michala ArchanjelaValaská BeláView parish
- sv. Michala archanjelaVeľký KlížView parish
- sv. Michala ArchanjelaZlaté MoravceView parish
- sv. Michala, archanjelaNemčiňanyView parish
- sv. Michala, archanjelaPodhoranyView parish
- sv. Michala, archanjelaZávadaView parish
- sv. MikulášaŽiranyView 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.