Suffragan diocese Žilina, Slovakia
Diocese of Žilina
Žilinen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Žilina is a Latin Church see in northern Slovakia, erected on 14 February 2008 from parts of the dioceses of Nitra and Banská Bystrica. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bratislava.
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- Established
- 2008
- Catholics
- 484,200
- Priests
- 229
- Territory
- 3,487 km²
Parishes and churches
114 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaDomanižaView parish
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaHlboké nad VáhomView parish
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaKolároviceView parish
- sv. Mikuláša, biskupaVišňovéView parish
- sv. Márie MagdalényBeláView parish
- sv. Ondreja, apoštolaSedmerovecView parish
- sv. Ondreja, apoštolaBodináView parish
- sv. Ondreja, apoštolaČierneView parish
- sv. Ondreja, apoštolaKrásno nad KysucouView parish
- sv. Ondreja, apoštolaPapradnoView parish
- sv. Petra a Pavla, apoštolovPruskéView parish
- sv. Petra a Pavla, apoštolovDolná BreznicaView parish
- sv. Petra a Pavla, apoštolovMakovView parish
- sv. VendelínaZemiansky KvašovView parish
- sv. Štefana, kráľaŽilinaView parish
- sv. Štefana, kráľaLysá pod MakytouView parish
- sv. Štefana, uhorského kráľaLietavská SvinnáView parish
- sv. ŽofiePružinaView parish
- sv. Žofie, rímskej vdovyStránskeView parish
- Všetkých SvätýchBitarováView parish
- Všetkých SvätýchBytčaView parish
- Všetkých SvätýchHorné KočkovceView parish
- Všetkých SvätýchHorný MoštenecView parish
- Všetkých SvätýchPúchovView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Tomáš Galis
- Born
- 22 December 1950
- Birthplace
- Selice
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Žilina stands in Žilina, 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
North-western Slovakia, including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions, is served by this Latin diocese (Slovak: Žilinská Diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Zilinensis), seated in Žilina. Tomáš Galis is its current bishop.
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- Three Churches pray for peace on the border between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland
- A project to establish a university dedicated to Slovakia’s first ambassador to the Holy See takes shape
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