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Diocese of Banská Bystrica

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Bishop(s)

  • Marián Chovanec, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1776
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bratislava
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Slovakia
  • Square Kilometers: 6,675 (2,578 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://bbdieceza.sk/
  • Mailing Address: Biskupsky urad, post. schranka 107, Nam SNP 19, SK-975 90 Banska Bystrica, Slovenska Republika
  • Telephone: (048)47.20.800

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1776ErectedArchdiocese of Esztergom Diocese of Banská Bystrica (erected)
Diocese of Rožňava (erected)
2 September 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Banská Bystrica (from Esztergom to Immediately Subject)
30 December 1977Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Banská Bystrica (from Immediately Subject)
14 February 2008Territory AddedArchdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava (Banská Štiavnica, Hontianske Nemce, Šahy, Vel'k ý-Krtíš, and part of Levice)
Diocese of Nitra (Lehota pod Vtáčnikom, Nováky, and Podhradie (from Nitrianske Rudno))
Diocese of Banská Bystrica (Banská Bystrica-Katedrála, Banská Bystrica-Mesto, Bojnice, Detva, Kláštor pod Znievom, Nová Baňa, Partizánske, Prievidza, Slovenská L'upča, Zvolen, and Žiar nad Hronom)
14 February 2008Territory LostDiocese of Banská Bystrica (Martin (but only: Martin-Mesto, Martin-Sever, Sučany, Turany, and Vrútky))
Diocese of Nitra (Bytča, Čadca, Ilava, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Rajec, Varín, and Žilina)
Diocese of Žilina (erected)
14 February 2008Territory LostDiocese of Banská Bystrica (Brezno) Diocese of Rožňava

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949231,078312,35074.0%195282231,03666309120ap1960
1969320,000442,69672.3%125101352,37010104ap1971
1980383,078532,14972.0%11371203,1927120ap1981
1990399,285567,60270.3%1241243,220120ap1991
1999320,335615,63152.0%151391901,685194121111ap2000
2000327,586606,68054.0%111481592,0601111121116ap2001
2001338,695601,63656.3%112511632,077189284115ap2002
2002355,706595,58159.7%112521642,168195294115ap2003
2003362,008586,42261.7%164592231,623191284117ap2004
2004348,627581,14660.0%162592211,577193295120ap2005
2006366,170590,49462.0%170612311,585192292122ap2007
2012401,300616,00065.1%109551642,446289278155ap2013
2015373,713605,28461.7%215642791,339296234155ap2016
2018365,192592,92861.6%224562801,304270188155ap2019
2020365,407587,16962.2%216572731,338171180155ap2021
2022372,243606,12261.4%215592741,358174175155ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 375
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 366, to Page 369
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 125, to Page 128

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