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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Svätej RodinyDolný OhajView parish
- Svätých Anjelov StrážcovVeľké LudinceView parish
- Umučenia sv. Jána KrstiteľaBlesovceView parish
- Všetkých svätýchSolčanyView parish
- Všetkých svätýchBojnáView parish
- Všetkých svätýchDiviaky nad NitricouView parish
- Všetkých svätýchJedľové KostoľanyView parish
- Všetkých svätýchLadiceView parish
- Všetkých svätýchPohraniceView parish
- Všetkých svätýchSkačanyView parish
- Všetkých svätýchStrekovView parish
- Všetkých svätýchTekovské NemceView parish
- Všetkých svätýchVeľké ZálužieView parish
- Zvestovania PánaTesárske MlyňanyView 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.