Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš

Diocese of Spiš

*Dioecesis Scepusiensis*

Spišská Diecéza
Diocese of Spiš; Dioecesis Scepusiensis; Spišská Diecéza
	Cathedral of St. Martin in Spišská Kapitula
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Slovakia
Metropolitan	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area	7,802 km2 (3,012 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014); 591,651; 439,022 (74.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	13 March 1776
Cathedral	St. Martin's Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Martin of Tours
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	sede vacante, administered by
Metropolitan Archbishop
Bishops emeritus
Map
	; Map of the Diocese
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Spiš (Slovak: Spišská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Scepusiensis, Hungarian: Szepesi egyházmegye) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Žilina Region and western part of the Prešov Region. Its seat is in Spišská Kapitula; the diocese covers an area of 7,802 km² with 583,633 people of which 76.6% are of Catholic faith (2004). The seat is vacant after the death of bishop Štefan Sečka.^[1] Auxiliary bishop Ján Kuboš has been elected as a Diocesan Administrator, until new bishop is named by the pope and duly inaugurated. ^[2]

History[]

The diocese was established in the Kingdom of Hungary on 13 March 1776 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. In 1804, its metropolitan was changed to the Archdiocese of Eger. On 30 December 1977, it was taken from the former and became part of the newly created Slovak ecclesiastical province with metropolitan being the 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.

External links[]

^ www.tkkbs.sk. "Úmrtie: Zomrel spišský diecézny biskup Mons. Štefan Sečka". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
^ s.r.o, Global24. "Kedy bude známe meno nového biskupa v Spišskej diecéze? Všetko je v rukách pápeža". Spišská24.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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[1] www.tkkbs.sk. "Úmrtie: Zomrel spišský diecézny biskup Mons. Štefan Sečka". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

[2] s.r.o, Global24. "Kedy bude známe meno nového biskupa v Spišskej diecéze? Všetko je v rukách pápeža". Spišská24.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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