Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov
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Archeparchy of Prešov Archieparchiensis Presoviensis Prešovská Archieparchia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Territory | Prešov Region |
| Ecclesiastical province | Prešov |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | (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 | Jonáš Maxim[1] |
| Bishops emeritus | Ján Babjak |
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The Archeparchy of Prešov (
ex officio, the metropolitan bishop of the metropolis. The geographical remit of the archeparchy itself is confined to the Prešov Region of Slovakia. The see is currently sede vacante. The cathedral church of the archeparcy is the cathedral of St. John the Baptist which is situated in Prešov. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses the Byzantine Rite in the Slovak and Church Slavonic
languages.
Structure
The metropolis is the sole
Eparchy of Bratislava
.
As of 2004[update] it had 136,593 Slovak Greek Catholic faithful under its jurisdiction.S.J.
History
Following the
Empress Maria Theresa, with the approval of the Holy See, decided to establish ecclesiastical territories on Habsburg-controlled lands. On 27 June 1787, the "Vicariate of Košice" was established on territory that was formerly in the western part of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo. Later, the episcopal seat
of the Vicariate was transferred from Košice to Prešov. On 22 September 1818, the vicarate was elevated to an eparchy.
As part of Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, on 8 June 1912, the eparchy lost some 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 establish the sui juris
metropolitan archeparchy.
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 C.Ss.R.(1992–1997)
- auxiliary bishop
- 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 – 2022.04.22), as above: previously bishop of Prešov
- auxiliary bishop S.J.(2013–2017)
- auxiliary bishop
- Peter Rusnák (2022.04.22 – 2024.01.27), Apostolic Administrator
- Archbishop Jonáš Maxim (since 2023.10.26)
References
- ^ "Jonas J. Maxim Becomes New Archbishop of Presov". TASR. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Prešov (Prjašev) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
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