Country Slovakia Metropolitan Prešov Parishes 15 | Ecclesiastical province Prešov Population
- Catholics (as of 2012)
14,941 Phone +421 2/526 220 81 | |
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Denomination Slovak Greek Catholic Church Address 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia Similar Kostol sv Štefana, Modrý kostol sv Alžbety, Pravosláv chrám svätého, Kostol Zvestova, Trinity Church | ||
The Eparchy of Bratislava (Latin: Eparchia Bratislaviensis) is an eparchy of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church which covers the territory of western and central Slovakia, i.e., Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions (around 33,300 km²). The eparchy is a suffragan to the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Its cathedral is the Church of the Holy Feast of the Cross in central Bratislava.
History
The eparchy was established on 30 January 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and its current bishop is Peter Rusnák. The approximate number of Greek Catholic faithful in the whole eparchy as of 2008 may be around 25,000.
References
Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA