Diocese of Spiš
Scepusien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Spiš, Slovakia
Latin Church diocese seated in Spišská Kapitula, eastern Slovakia, erected on 13 March 1776 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Košice since 1995. František Trstenský has been bishop since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1776
- Latin
- Scepusien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Annuario code
- 001003102
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 452,310
- Population
- 610,040
- Catholic share
- 74.1%
- Priests
- 358
- Catholics per priest
- 1,263
- Extent
- 7,802 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 58
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- František Trstenský
- Born
- 13 March 1973
- Birthplace
- Trstená
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Martin's Cathedral stands in Spiš, 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.
The province of Košice
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Košice.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KošiceKošice
- Diocese of RožňavaRožňava
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern Slovakia's Diocese of Spiš (Slovak: Spišská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Scepusiensis, Hungarian: Szepesi egyházmegye) is a Latin Church see with its seat at Spišská Kapitula. Its territory takes in the central and eastern parts of the Žilina Region and the western part of the Prešov Region. Figures from 2024 give an area of 7,802 km2 and a population of 610,040, of whom 452,310 (74.1%) are Catholic; 363 priests serve the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].