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. MikulášaBobotView parish
- sv. MikulášaKovarceView parish
- sv. MikulášaSoblahovView parish
- sv. Márie MagdalényJelšovceView parish
- sv. OndrejaDolné KrškanyView parish
- sv. OndrejaMojzesovoView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaHorné VesteniceView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaFarnáView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaKalná nad HronomView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaNitra-JaníkovceView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaOponiceView parish
- sv. Petra a PavlaOstraticeView parish
- sv. StanislavaTrenčín-KubráView parish
- sv. Tomáša BecketaNová Ves Nad ŽitavouView parish
- sv. UrbanaNitra-ZoborView parish
- sv. VavrincaMalá HradnáView parish
- sv. Vavrinca diakonaJasováView parish
- sv. Vavrinca, diakona a mučeníkaZliechovView parish
- sv. VendelínaVeľké BierovceView parish
- sv. VendelínaJatovView parish
- sv. VojtechaDvory nad ŽitavouView parish
- sv. ŠtefanaTvrdošovceView parish
- sv. Štefana KráľaTekovské LužanyView parish
- sv. Štefana KráľaKolíňanyView parish
- sv. Štefana KráľaNová Ves nad ŽitavouView parish
- sv. Štefana kráľaObidView parish
- sv. Štefana KráľaTrenčianske TepliceView parish
- sv. Štefana PrvomučeníkaŠtúrovoView parish
- sv. Štefana UhorskéhoTrenčín-OrechovéView parish
- Svätej RodinyTrenčínView 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.