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Diocese of Rožňava

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Bishop(s)

  • Stanislav Stolárik, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1776
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Košice
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Slovakia
  • Square Kilometers: 7,753 (2,994 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.burv.sk/
  • Mailing Address: Biskupsky urad, nam. Banikov 20, SK-048 01 Roznava, Slovenska Republika
  • Telephone: (058)7877.201

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1776ErectedArchdiocese of Esztergom Diocese of Banská Bystrica (erected)
Diocese of Rožňava (erected)
7 June 1922Territory LostDiocese of Košice (Jaszó-Ujfalu, Lelesz, and Kiralyhelniec)
Diocese of Rožňava (Jaszó (abbey and city), Débrňd, Rudnok, Felso-Mecenzéf, and Jaszó-Mindszent)
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár} (Nagy-Kapos)
Territorial Abbey of Jasov (Jászó) (erected)
2 September 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Rožňava (from Eger to Immediately Subject)
30 December 1977Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Rožňava (from Esztergom)
31 March 1995Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Rožňava (from Trnava)
14 February 2008Territory AddedDiocese of Banská Bystrica (Brezno) Diocese of Rožňava

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949167,338313,69553.3%115211361,2302819288ap1951
1969206,924331,17462.5%818892,324817381ap1971
1980205,744356,90557.6%7412862,3921213887ap1981
1990183,533328,14455.9%7910892,062108087ap1991
1999171,620338,75050.7%94331271,3515313492ap2000
2000172,950341,10050.7%94371311,3205613893ap2001
2001173,644342,15950.7%83371201,447579894ap2002
2002197,737350,98156.3%82401221,6206412194ap2003
2003198,910351,83656.5%81441251,5916811494ap2004
2004199,175343,35258.0%96471431,3925311294ap2005
2010227,511390,17758.3%132211531,4872672111ap2011
2014205,431390,58452.6%97231201,71112372112ap2015
2017205,792385,92953.3%96231191,72912463113ap2018
2020208,768377,94955.2%98231211,72512970113ap2021
2022207,240372,68755.6%95251201,72713269113ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 359
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 377, to Page 378
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 366, to Page 369
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 776, and Page 777
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 125, to Page 128

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