Diocese of

Banská Bystrica

Slovakia Slovakia

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Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Banská Bystrica / Neosolien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bratislava

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.11.20 – ...):Bishop Marián Chovanec (67)Bishop Marián Chovanec (67)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Banská Bystrica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marián Chovanec (67)Bishop Marián Chovanec (67)
(2012.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Omnia impendam pro animabus vestris

Born:1957.09.16 (Trenčin, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1989.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:1999.09.18

Priest of Nitra (Slovakia) (1989.06.17 – 1999.07.22)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (1999.07.22 – 2012.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) (1999.07.22 – 2012.11.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2000.08.31 – ...)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (2012.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Rudolf Baláž
(1990.02.14 – 2011.07.27)

Veritas liberabit vos

Born:1940.11.20 (Nevolné, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1963.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1990.03.19
Died:2011.07.27 († 70)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1990.02.14 – 2011.07.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (1994.04.13 – 2000.08.31)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2003.09.16 – 2006.10.03)

Bishop Jozef Feranec
(1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14)

Poko j dobro! Nadovšetko láska

Born:1910.03.14 (Pobedím pri Piešťanoch, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1932.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1973.03.03
Died:2003.05.03 (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia † 93)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1973.01.24] 1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14)

Bishop Andrej Škrábik
(1943.08.21 – 1950.01.08)

Born:1882.05.13 (Rajec, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1904.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:1939.09.17
Died:1950.01.08 (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia † 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) (1939.08.12 – 1941.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Scyrus (1939.08.12 – 1943.08.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1941.06.14 – 1943.08.21)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1943.08.21 – 1950.01.08)

Bishop Marián Blaha
(1920.11.13 – 1943.08.21)

Born:1869.06.11 (Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1892.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1921.02.13
Died:1943.08.21 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 74)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1920.11.13 – 1943.08.21)

Bishop Wolfgang Radnai (later Archbishop)
(1904.07.11 – 1920.11.13)

Born:1848.03.25 (Kisjenö, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1871.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:1902.01.25
Died:1935.10.14 (Sümeg, Hungary † 87)

Titular Bishop of Europus (1901.12.16 – 1904.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1901.12.16 – 1904.07.11)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1904.07.11 – 1920.11.13)

Titular Archbishop of Axomis (1920.12.16 – 1935.10.14)

Bishop Karol Rimely
(1893.04.15 – 1904.01.13)

Born:1825.02.04 (Esztergom, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1848.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1893.08.27
Died:1904.01.13 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 78)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1893.03.23] 1893.04.15 – 1904.01.13)

Bishop Imrich Bende
(1887.03.17 – 1893.01.19)

Born:1824.08.28 (Baj, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1847.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:1887.04.24
Died:1911.03.26 († 86)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1869.11.08] 1887.03.17 – 1893.01.19)

Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) (1893.01.19 – 1911.03.18)

Bishop Arnold Ipolyi-Stummer
(1871.12.22 – 1886.06.07)

Born:1823.10.22 (Kosihy nad Ipľom, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1847.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:1872.04.14
Died:1886.12.02 (Oradea Mare, Romania † 63)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1871.09.23] 1871.12.22 – 1886.06.07)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1886.06.07 – 1886.12.02)

Fr. Zigmund Suppan
(1870.06.27 – 1870.07.16 not possessed)

Born:1814.01.18 (Kremnica, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1837
Died:1881.07.14 (Esztergom, Hungary † 67)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1870.03.30] 1870.06.27 – 1870.07.16 not possessed)

Bishop Štefan Moyzes
(1851.02.17 – 1869.07.05)

Born:1797.10.24 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1821.01.14
Consecrated Bishop:1851.05.25
Died:1869.07.05 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 71)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1850.08.30] 1851.02.17 – 1869.07.05)

Bishop Jozef Rudnyánszky
(1845.01.20 – 1850)

Born:1788 (Trnava, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1812.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:1845.06.08
Died:1859.11.24 († 70)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1844.06.16] 1845.01.20 – 1850)

Bishop Jozef Belánsky
(1823.11.24 – 1843.01.08)

Born:1769.06.20 (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1792.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:1824.02.08
Died:1843.01.08 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 73)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1823.03.04] 1823.11.24 – 1843.01.08)

Bishop Anton Makay
(1818.12.21 – 1823.11.24)

Born:1756.02.24 (Rožňava, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1779.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:1819.03.25
Died:1825.01.08 (Sümeg, Slovakia † 68)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) ([1818.08.07] 1818.12.21 – 1823.11.24)

Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1823.11.24 – 1825.01.08)

Bishop Gabriel Zerdahelyi
(1800.12.22 – 1813.10.05)

Born:1742.06.24 (Nitrianska Streda, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1765.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:1781.01.14
Died:1813.10.05 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 71)

Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1780.12.11 – 1800.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1780.12.11 – 1800.12.22)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1800.12.22 – 1813.10.05)

Bishop František Berchtold
(1776.03.13 – 1793.08.14)

Born:1730.06.24 (Trnava, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1753.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1776.10.13
Died:1793.08.14 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 63)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1776.03.13 – 1793.08.14)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (186)

Nitra (↙), Žilina (↑), Rožňava (→), Eger (↘), Vác (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,675 km²

Population: 319,395 Catholics (55.0% of 580,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 155 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 269 priests (212 diocesan, 57 religious), 2 deacons, 241 religious (74 brothers, 167 sisters), 13 seminarians

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