Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov
Archeparchy of Prešov Archidioecesis Presoviensis Prešovská Archieparchia | |
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 Cathedral of Prešov archieparchy | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Territory | Prešov Region |
| Ecclesiastical province | Prešov |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2015) 115,600 |
| Parishes | 165 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Slovak Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 22 September 1818 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist |
| Secular priests | 249 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ján Babjak |
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The Archeparchy of Prešov (Latin: Archidioecesis Presoviensis, until 2008 Eparchy of Prešov) is a Slovak Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Slovakia. Its territory covers the Prešov Region.
As of 2004 it had 136,593 Slovak Greek Catholic faithful under its jurisdiction.[1] and its episcopal see is Prešov, where it has the cathedral see Greckokatolícka katedrálny chrám sv. Jána Krstiteľa; it also has a minor basilica Farský chrám Nanebovzatia Presvätej Bohorodičky, bazilika minor, in Ľutina. Current archeparch is the Ján Babjak, S.J.
It is the sole metropolitan see of Slovak Greek Catholic Church and has two suffragan eparchies: the Eparchy of Košice and the Eparchy of Bratislava.
Prehistory[]
Established on June 27, 1787 as Vicariate of Košice, on territory of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, to embrace the western part of this eparchy. Later the see of the Vicariate was transferred from Košice to Prešov.
History[]
The eparchy was erected on 22 September 1818 from the territory of the Eparchy of Mukachevo.
Still in the Habsburg imperial age, on 1912.06.08 it lost its Hungarian territory to establish the Hungarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog (now the Hungarian Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog).
In July 1995, it enjoyed a papal visit by John Paul II. On 18 January 1996 the eparchy lost its Czech territory to the newly established Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church's Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic. On 17 January 1997, an apostolic exarchate of Košice (today Eparchy of Košice) was created, again split from its former territory.
The last changes occurred on 30 January 2008, when the Eparchy of Bratislava was erected, to which Prešov lost territory of western and central Slovakia. At the same time it was elevated into a Metropolitan archeparchy sui juris.
Episcopal incumbents[]
- Bishops of Prešov (Slovak Rite)
- Gregor Tarkovič (1818.09.26 – 1841.01.16)
- Jozef Gaganec (1843-1875)
- ThDr. Mikuláš Tóth (1876-1882)
- ThDr. Ján Vályi (1882-1911)
- ThDr. Štefan Novák (1913-1918)
- ThDr. Mikuláš Rusnák (1918-1922), Vicar General
- Dionisije Njaradi (1922-1927), Apostolic Administrator
- Pavel Peter Gojdič, OSBM (1927-1960)
- auxiliary bishop ThDr. Vasiľ Hopko (1947-1976)
- Mons. Ján Hirka (1969–2002), until 1989 as Apostolic Administrator
- auxiliary bishop Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R. (1992–1997)
- Bishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (2002.12.11 – 2008.01.30, cfr. infra: later first Metropolitan Archeparch)
- Metropolitan Archeparchs of Prešov (Slovak Rite)
- Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (2008.01.30 – present), as above: previously bishop of Prešov
- auxiliary bishop Milan Lach, S.J. (2013–2017)
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