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Suffragan diocese Rožňava, Slovakia

Diocese of Rožňava

Rosnavien(sis)

Latin Church diocese in southern Slovakia, erected on 13 March 1776 by Maria Theresa and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Košice since 1995. Stanislav Stolárik has been bishop since 2015.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, in Rožňava, Slovakia.

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Established
1776
Catholics
208,233
Priests
120
Territory
7,000 km²

Parishes and churches

113 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Stanislav Stolárik
Born
27 February 1955
Birthplace
Rožňava

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary stands in Rožňava, 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

Southern Slovakia is home to this Latin Church diocese (Slovak: Rožňavská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Rosnaviensis), which takes in the central and eastern parts of the Banská Bystrica Region together with the western parts of the Košice Region. Seated in Rožňava, it extends over 7,000 km2 and counts 343,352 people, 58% of them Catholic (2004).