Slovak Metropolitanate sui juris of

Prešov

Slovakia Slovakia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Slovak (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitanate sui juris Metropolitanate

Name: Prešov / Eperies (Deutsch) / Preszów (polski) / Fragopolis (latine) / Eperjes / Prjašev / Prešovien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bratislava, Košice

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: sv. Ján Krstiteľ

History

Contact Info

Address: Arcibiskupský úrad, ul. Hlavná 1, pošt. schránka 135, SK-081 35 Prešov, Slovakia

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan (2023.10.26 – ...):Archbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (50)Archbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (50)

President of Council of the Slovak Church

Ordinaries

Metropolitans of Prešov (Slovak Rite)

Archbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (50)Archbishop Jonáš Jozef Maxim, M.S.U. (50)
(2023.10.26 – ...)

Metropolitan of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
President of Council of the Slovak Church

Born:1974.11.21 (Levoča, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1998.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:2024.01.27

Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks (2020.06.19 – 2023.12.19)

Metropolitan of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2023.10.26 – ...)

President of Council of the Slovak Church (2023.10.26 – ...)

Bishop Peter Rusnák (74)Bishop Peter Rusnák (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.04.25 – 2023.10.26)

Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (71)Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (71)
(2008.01.30 – 2022.04.25)

Metropolitan emeritus of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
former President of Council of the Slovak Church

Vy ste chrám živého Boha

Born:1953.10.28 (Hažine nad Cirichou, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1978.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.06

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2002.12.11 – 2008.01.30)

Metropolitan of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2008.01.30 – 2022.04.25)

President of Council of the Slovak Church (2008.01.30 – 2022.04.25)

Bishops of Prešov (Slovak Rite)

Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (71)Bishop Ján Babjak, S.J. (71) (later Archbishop)
(2002.12.11 – 2008.01.30)

(see above)

Bishop Ján Hirka
(1989.12.21 – 2002.12.11)

Pokoj a milosrdenstvo pod ochranou Márie

Born:1923.11.16 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1949.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:1990.02.17
Died:2014.04.10 († 90)

Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1969.04.02 – 1989.12.21)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1989.12.21 – 2002.12.11)

Fr. Ján Hirka (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.04.02 – 1989.12.21)

Blessed Bishop Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M.
(1940.04.11 – 1960.07.17)

Born:1888.07.17 (Ľubovec, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1911.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1927.03.25
Died:1960.07.17 🩸 (Leopoldov, Slovakia † 72)
Beatified:2001.11.04
Feast:07.17

Apostolic Administrator of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1926.09.14 – 1940.04.11)

Titular Bishop of Harpasa (1927.03.07 – 1940.04.11)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1940.04.11 – 1960.07.17)

Bishop and religious of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat. Martyr.

Blessed Bishop Pavel Peter Gojdic, O.S.B.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1926.09.14 – 1940.04.11)

Bishop Dionýz Njarady
(Apostolic Administrator 1922.10.27 – 1927.02.20)

Bishop Stefan Novák
(1913 – 1918.10.01)

Born:1879.12.04 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1905.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:1914.01.11
Died:1932.09.02 († 52)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1913 – 1918.10.01)

Bishop Ján Vályi
(1882.10.11 – 1911.11.19)

Born:1837.09.22 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1865.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:1883.05.20
Died:1911.11.19 († 74)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1882.10.11 – 1911.11.19)

Bishop Mikuláš Tóth
(1876.04.03 – 1882.05.21)

Born:1833.08.10 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1857.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1876.05.21
Died:1882.05.21 († 48)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1876.04.03 – 1882.05.21)

Bishop Jozef Gaganecz
(1842.08.02 – 1875.12.22)

Born:1793.04.10 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1817.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1843.06.25
Died:1875.12.22 († 82)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1842.08.02 – 1875.12.22)

Bishop Gregor Tarkovic (Tarkovits)
(1818.09.26 – 1841.01.16)

Born:1754.11.20 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1779.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:1821.06.17
Died:1841.01.16 († 86)

Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (1818.09.26 – 1841.01.16)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (159)

Bratislava (↙), Przemyśl–Warszawa (↑), Mukacheve (→), Košice (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 114,714 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 164 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 307 priests (289 diocesan, 18 religious), 3 deacons, 92 religious (20 brothers, 72 sisters), 25 seminarians

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