Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Spiš / Scepusien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Košice

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Martin de Tours

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1776.03.13: Established as Diocese of Spiš / Scepusien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom and became suffragan of Esztergom)
1787.02.03: Lost territory to Diocese of Mukacheve
1804.08.09: Became suffragan of Eger
1925.10.28: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków
1937.09.02: Without ecclesiastical province
1938: Became suffragan of Kraków
1939: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków
1977.12.30: Became suffragan of Trnava
1995.03.31: Became suffragan of Košice

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1995.07)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.08 – ...):	Bishop František Trstenský (51)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.03.25 – ...):	Bishop Ján Kuboš (58) Titular Bishop of Quiza

Ordinaries

Bishops of Spiš (Roman Rite)

Bishop František Trstenský (51)
(2023.09.08 – ...)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia)

Abba Pater

Born:	1973.03.13 (Trstená, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1997.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.10.21

Priest of Spiš (Slovakia) (1997.06.21 – 2023.09.08)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (2023.09.08 – ...)

Bishop Štefan Sečka
(2011.08.04 – 2020.10.28)

Crux Christi perficiat nos

Born:	1953.07.06 (Spišský Štvrtok, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.27
Died:	2020.10.28 (Levoča, Slovakia † 67)

Priest of Spiš (Slovakia) (1976.06.06 – 2002.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Sita (2002.06.28 – 2011.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (2002.06.28 – 2011.08.04)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (2011.08.04 – 2020.10.28)

Bishop František Tondra
(1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

Obœdientia opus Spiritus Sancti

Born:	1936.06.04 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.09
Died:	2012.05.03 († 75)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia (1990.04.23 – 1991.07)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1991.07 – 1993.05.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (1993.05.04 – 1994.04.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2000.08.31 – 2009.10.28)

Bishop Ján Vojtassák
(1920.11.13 – 1965.08.04)

Born:	1877.11.14 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1901.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.02.13
Died:	1965.08.04 († 87)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1920.11.13 – 1965.08.04)

Bishop Alexander Párvy
(1904.04.06 – 1919.03.24)

Born:	1848.09.30 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1871.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.04.19
Died:	1919.03.24 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1903.03.27 – 1904.04.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary) (1903.03.27 – 1904.04.06)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1904.04.06 – 1919.03.24)

Bishop Pavol Szmrecsányi
(1892.03.27 – 1903.06.25)

Born:	1846.05.02 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1869.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.05.15
Died:	1908.08.08 († 62)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) ([1891.12.01] 1892.03.27 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1908.08.08)

Bishop Juraj Császka (later Archbishop)
(1874.02.27 – 1891.10.27)

Born:	1826.12.04 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1850.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.07.19
Died:	1904.08.11 († 77)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1874.02.27 – 1891.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1891.10.27 – 1904.08.11)

Bishop József Samassa (later Cardinal)
(1871.06.26 – 1873.07.25)

Born:	1828.09.30 (Aranyosmarót, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1852.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.07.30
Created Cardinal:	1905.12.11
Died:	1912.08.20 (Eger, Hungary † 83)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1871.06.26 – 1873.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1873.07.25 – 1912.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1906.12.06 – 1912.08.20)

Bishop Ladislav Zábojský
(1850.09.30 – 1870.09.11)

Born:	1793.05.31 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1816.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.05.25
Died:	1870.09.11 († 77)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1850.09.30 – 1870.09.11)

Fr. Vincent Jekelfalussy (later Bishop)
(1848.06 – 1849 not possessed)

Born:	1802.05.02 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1827.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1867.05.05
Died:	1874.05.15 († 72)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1848.06 – 1849 not possessed)

Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) (1867.02.22 – 1874.05.15)

Bishop Jozef Bélik
(1823.11.24 – 1847.03.05)

Born:	1757.12.01
Ordained Priest:	1781.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.03.28
Died:	1847.03.05 († 89)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1823.11.24 – 1847.03.05)

Bishop Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pryker, O. Cist. (later Patriarch)
(1818.12.21 – 1820.10.02)

Born:	1772.11.02 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1796.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.04.18
Died:	1847.12.02 († 75)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1818.12.21 – 1820.10.02)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1820.10.02 – 1827.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1827.04.09 – 1847.12.02)

Archbishop Michel Leopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz
(1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Born:	1742.02.09
Ordained Priest:	1765.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1788.04.27
Died:	1816.06.23 († 74)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1788.04.07 – 1807.03.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Bishop Ján Révay
(1788.04.07 – 1806.01.09)

Born:	1748.08.07 (Slovakia)
Died:	1806.01.09 († 57)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1788.04.07 – 1806.01.09)

Fr. Michel Leopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz (later Archbishop)
(1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Born:	1742.02.09
Ordained Priest:	1765.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1788.04.27
Died:	1816.06.23 († 74)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1788.04.07 – 1807.03.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Bishop Karol Salbeck
(1776.03.13 – 1785.06.15)

Born:	1725.11.17 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1746.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1759
Died:	1785.06.15 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1759.04.04 – 1776.03.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1759.04.04 – 1776.03.13)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1776.03.13 – 1785.06.15)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Štefan Sečka (2002.06.28 – 2011.08.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrej Imrich (76) (1992.06.04 – 2015.10.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop István Barnás (1949.10.25 – 1964.04.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Kheberich (1915.12.19 – 1946)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Pútnická Katedrála sv. Martina z Tours, Spišské Podhradie, Prešov
Co-Cathedral: Konkatedrála Sedembolestnej Panny Márie, Poprad, Prešov
Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site: Bazilika sv. Jakuba, Levoča, Prešov
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Navštívenia Panny Márie, Levoča, Prešov
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Povýšenia sv. Kríža, Kežmarok, Prešov
World Heritage Site: Kostol Všetkých svätých, Tvrdošín, Žilina
World Heritage Site (Minor): Kňazský seminár biskupa Jána Vojtaššáka, Spišské Podhradie, Prešov
World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol Narodenia Panny Márie, Spišské Podhradie, Prešov
World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol sv. Jána z Boha, Spišské Podhradie, Prešov
World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol Svätého Ducha, Žehra, Košice
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (188)

Rožňava (↙), Žilina (←), Kraków (↖), Tarnów (↑), Košice (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,802 km²

Population: 431,588 Catholics (70.8% of 610,011 total)

Pastoral Centres: 179 parishes

Personnel: 359 priests (317 diocesan, 42 religious), 1 deacon, 297 religious (51 brothers, 246 sisters), 33 seminarians