Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice

The Archdiocese of Košice (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, 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. The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth serves as the seat of the diocese.

Archdiocese of Košice Archidioecesis Cassoviensis Košická arcidiecéza
Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice
Archdiocese of Košice Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Slovakia
Ecclesiastical province	Košice
Metropolitan	Bernard Bober
Archdeaconries	3 (Abov - Cathedral, Šariš, Zemplín
Deaneries	20
Statistics
Area	10,403 km2 (4,017 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 1,153,008 522,008 (45.3%)
Parishes	216
Churches	592
Schools	39
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 August 1804 (As Diocese of Košice) 31 March 1995 (As Archdiocese of Košice)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice
Co-cathedral	Saint Nicholas Concathedral
Patron saint	Andrew the Apostle
Secular priests	430
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Bernard Bober
Suffragans	Diocese of Rožňava, Diocese of Spiš
Auxiliary Bishops	Marek Forgáč
Episcopal Vicars	Zoltán Pásztor, Vladimír Šosták
Map
Map of the Archdiocese
Website
Website

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 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.

St Charles Borromeo Seminary, the diocese's main seminary, was founded in 1994.

See also

• List of archbishops of Košice

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). "Cassovia" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.