Diocese of Košice, Slovakia 🇸🇰 (Slovak Rite)

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Slovak (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Košice / Cassovien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Prešov

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius

History

1997.01.27: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Košice / Kosicen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Prešov)
2008.01.30: Promoted as Diocese of Košice / Cassovien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Prešov)

Present Prelates

Archbishop-Bishop (2021.06.24 – ...):

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (60)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Ordinaries

Bishops of Košice (Slovak Rite)

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (60)
(2021.06.24 – ...)

Archbishop-Bishop of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Parati semper

Born:	1965.04.10 (Košice, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1987.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.14

Rector of Pontifical Oriental Institute (2007.05 – 2009.05.07)

Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2009.05.07 – 2020.01.20)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya (2009.05.07 – 2021.06.24)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2020.01.20 – 2021.06.24)

Archbishop-Bishop of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2021.06.24 – ...)

Pontifical Delegate on liturgical matters for Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2023.06.23 – 2025.07.07)

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (60)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2020.01.20 – 2021.06.24)

Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R. (68)
(2008.01.30 – 2021.06.24)

Bishop emeritus of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia)

Hľa Tvoja Matka

Born:	1957.09.04 (Snina, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.02.29

Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1992.01.11 – 1997.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Cresima (1992.01.11 – 2008.01.30)

Apostolic Exarch of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1997.01.27 – 2008.01.30)

Bishop of Košice of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2008.01.30 – 2021.06.24)

Apostolic Exarchs of Košice (Slovak Rite)

Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R. (68)
(1997.01.27 – 2008.01.30)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrála Narodenia Presvätej Bohorodičky, Košice, Košice
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Zostúpenia Svätého Ducha, Michalovce, Košice
World Heritage Site: Chrám sv. Mikuláša, Ruská Bystrá, Košice
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (99)

Bratislava (←), Prešov (↑), Mukacheve (→), Miskolc (↓), Nyíregyháza (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 74,270 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 98 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 177 priests (161 diocesan, 16 religious), 5 deacons, 49 religious (16 brothers, 33 sisters), 26 seminarians

Slovak Diocese of

Košice