Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava
Diocese of Rožňava Dioecesis Rosnaviensis Dieceze Roznavska | |
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Location | |
Country | Slovakia |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Košice |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2014) 390,584 205,431 (52.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Established | 13 March 1776 |
Cathedral | Assumption of Mary Church (Rožňava) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | [1][2] |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Rožňava (Slovak: Rožňavská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Rosnaviensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Banská Bystrica Region and western parts of the Košice Region. Its seat is in Rožňava, covers an area of 7,000 km2 with 343,352 people of which 58% are of Catholic faith (2004).
Auxiliary Bishop , Titular Bishop of , who until then had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice, in Košice, Slovakia, was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Rožňava on Saturday, 21 March 2015, by Pope Francis, succeeding Bishop Emeritus Vladimír Filo, who himself had succeeded Bishop Emeritus Eduard Kojnok in 2008.
History[]
The diocese was established by Maria Theresa on 13 March 1776 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. It was then known by its German name diocese of Rosenau, or Hungarian name diocese of Rozsnyó. In 1776 János Galgóczy was appointed first Bishop of Rosenau, but died before taking charge. His successor, Count Antal Révay (1776–80), caused the church to be restored and the high altar to be renovated. Among his successors were: János Scitovszky (1827–38), later Bishop of Funfkirchen and Archbishop of Gran; Béla Bartakovics (1845–50), later archbishop of Eger.[3]
On 30 December 1977, it was taken from the former metropolitan, and became part of the newly created Slovak ecclesiastical province together with the metropolitan Diocese of Trnava.
The last change of metropolitan took place on 31 March 1995 when it was changed to the newly elevated Archdiocese of Košice.
List of bishops[]
Name | Start of the period | End of the period | Note |
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19 April 1776 | 1780 | Appointed as bishop of Nyitra | |
Antal Andrássy | 17 December 1780 | †12 November 1799 | |
1801 | †1810 | ||
1810 | † 11 September 1824. | ||
1825 | 1827 | Appointed as bishop of Nagyvárad | |
János Scitovszky | 21 January 1828. | 18 February 1839 | Appointed as bishop of Pécs |
1840 | 1842 | Appointed as bishop of Veszprém | |
1844 | 1850 | Appointed as archbishop of Eger | |
1850 | † 18 July 1869 | ||
17 January 1872. | †10 April 1895 | ||
1896 | 12 October 1904 | removed from position | |
Lajos Balás | 17 October 1905 | †18 September 1920. | |
1925 | 1925 | ||
1925 | †22 February 1945 | ||
25 July 1949 | † 9 June 1972 | ||
Eduard Kojnok | 14 February 1990 | 27 December 2008 | |
Vladimír Filo | 27 December 2008 | †18 August 2015 | |
21 March 2015 |
Notes[]
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/21/0208/00470.html
- ^ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F21%2F0208%2F00470.html
- ^ Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Rosenau
External links[]
- Official website (in Slovak)
- Diocese of Rožňava at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Diocese of Rožňava at newadvent.org
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rosenau". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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