Archdiocese of Trnava
Tyrnavien(sis)
Suffragan archdiocese · Latin Church · Trnava, Slovakia
The Archdiocese of Trnava is a Latin Church see in western Slovakia. Although titled an archdiocese since 1977, it is not a metropolitan see and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archdiocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1922
- Latin
- Tyrnavien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001003283
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 451,174
- Population
- 623,155
- Catholic share
- 72.4%
- Extent
- 4,833 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 93
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
- Archbishop
- János Orosch
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
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Trnava stands in Trnava, 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 Bratislava
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bratislava.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica
- Archdiocese of BratislavaBratislava
- Diocese of NitraNitra
- Diocese of ŽilinaŽilina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Trnava, this Latin Catholic archdiocese (Slovak: Trnavská arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Tyrnaviensis) covers most of the Trnava region along with parts of the Nitra and Trenčín regions in western Slovakia. Despite its archiepiscopal rank it is not a metropolitan see; it stands instead as a suffragan of Bratislava. In 2013 Pope Francis named Auxiliary Bishop Ján Orosch its next archbishop.
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].