Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
Archdiocese of Košice Archidioecesis Cassoviensis Košická arcidiecéza | |
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| Auxiliary Bishops | Marek Forgáč |
| Episcopal Vicars | Zoltán Pásztor, Vladimír Šosták |
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The Archdiocese of Košice (
Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers the central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km2. The diocese's area has a total population of 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith as of 2012.[citation needed] The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth
serves as the seat of the diocese.
The current Archbishop, Bernard Bober was appointed on June 4, 2010, and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. He had formerly served as auxiliary bishop under Alojz Tkáč. On June 11, 2016, priest Marek Forgáč was appointed as the new auxiliary bishop by Pope Francis.
History
It was first created in 1804 under name Diocese of Košice as a
Rožňava
.
St Charles Borromeo Seminary, the diocese's main seminary, was founded in 1994.
See also
References
- Hišem, Cyril (2000). Dejiny Kňazského Seminára v Košiciach (1918-1950). Vydavateľstvo Michala Vaška. (in Slovak)
- Official site (in Slovak)
- Archdiocese of Košice at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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