Diocese of Žilina, Slovakia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Žilina / Žilinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bratislava

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

2008.02.14: Established as Diocese of Žilina / Žilinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Banská Bystrica and Diocese of Nitra and became suffragan of Bratislava)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.02.14 – ...):

Bishop Tomáš Galis (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Žilina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tomáš Galis (74)
(2008.02.14 – ...)

Bishop of Žilina (Slovakia)

Per Mariam ad Jesum

Born:	1950.12.22 (Selice, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.25

Priest of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1976.06.06 – 1999.08.28)

Titular Bishop of Bita (1999.08.28 – 2008.02.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1999.08.28 – 2008.02.14)

Bishop of Žilina (Slovakia) (2008.02.14 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrála Najsvätejšej Trojice, Žilina, Žilina
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Narodenia Preblahoslavenej Panny Márie, Rajecká Lesná, Žilina
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (187)

Trnava (↙), Olomouc (↖), Ostrava–Opava (↖), Bielsko–Żywiec (↑), Kraków (↗), Spiš (→), Banská Bystrica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,487 km²

Population: 405,640 Catholics (73.0% of 555,570 total)

Pastoral Centres: 112 parishes, 12 missions

Personnel: 234 priests (182 diocesan, 52 religious), 2 deacons, 189 religious (63 brothers, 126 sisters), 26 seminarians

Diocese of

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