Metropolitan Bernard Bober Parishes 216 Denomination Roman Catholic Country Slovakia Patron saint Andrew the Apostle Auxiliary bishop Marek Forgáč | Deaneries 19 Churches 592 Area 10,403 km² Church 592 Schools 39 Ecclesiastical province Bernard Bober | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
1,153,505
677,000 (58.7%) | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith (2012). The Archbishop-elect is the former auxiliary bishop, Bernard Bober, he succeeded Alojz Tkáč. Bernard Bober was appointed as Archbishop of Košice on June 4, 2010 and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. Pope Francis appointed on June 11, 2016 priest Marek Forgáč as new auxiliary bishop.
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The Major Seminary - St Charles Borromeo Seminary is at the very heart of the Archdiocese of Košice. It is located in downtown Košice, just walking distance from St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It has been forming Roman Catholic seminarians since 1994.
History
It was first created in 1804 under name Diocese of Košice as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Eger. In 1977, the metropolitan was changed to the newly established ecclesiastical province of Trnava. On 31 March 1995, a new ecclesiastical province was created, changing the status of the diocese into archdiocese with the suffragans of Spiš and Rožňava.
Ordinaries
The Diocese of Košice was without a bishop for 28 years during the communist regime.