Diocese of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 🇸🇰 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1776.03.13: Established as Diocese of Banská Bystrica / Neosolien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom and became suffragan of Esztergom)
- 1937.09.02: Without ecclesiastical province
- 1977.12.30: Became suffragan of Trnava
- 1995.03.31: Became suffragan of Bratislava–Trnava
- 2008.02.14: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava and Diocese of Nitra, lost territory to Diocese of Rožňava and lost territory to establish Diocese of Žilina
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Banská Bystrica (Roman Rite) |
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 Bishop Marián Chovanec (66) (2012.11.20 – ...)Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of SlovakiaOmnia impendam pro animabus vestris |
| Bishop Rudolf Baláž (1990.02.14 – 2011.07.27)Veritas liberabit vos |
| Bishop Jozef Feranec (1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14)Poko j dobro! Nadovšetko láskaBorn:1910.03.14 (Pobedím pri Piešťanoch, Slovakia)Ordained Priest:1932.12.18Consecrated Bishop:1973.03.03Died: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:1904.09.17Consecrated Bishop:1939.09.17Died: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:1892Consecrated Bishop:1921.02.13Died: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:1871Consecrated Bishop:1902.01.25Died: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:1848Died: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:1847.08.30Consecrated Bishop:1887.04.24Died: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)Consecrated Bishop:1872.04.14Died: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:1837Died: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 (Veselé, Slovakia)Consecrated Bishop:1851.05.25Died: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)Consecrated Bishop:1845.06.08Died:1859.11 (Bratislava, Slovakia † 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:1792.08.12Consecrated Bishop:1824.02.08Died: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)Consecrated Bishop:1819.03.25Died: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:1765.03.17Consecrated Bishop:1781.01.14Died: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)Consecrated Bishop:1776.10.13Died:1793.08.14 (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia † 63)Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1776.03.13 – 1793.08.14) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andrej Škrábik (1941.06.14 – 1943.08.21)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tomáš Galis (73) (1999.08.28 – 2008.02.14)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Dubovský, S.J. (1991.01.12 – 1997.07.30)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wolfgang Radnai (later Archbishop) (1901.12.16 – 1904.07.11)
Special Churches
- Cathedral:
Katedrála sv. Františka Xaverského, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica 
- Minor Basilica:
Bazilika Navštívenia Panny Márie, Staré Hory, Banská Bystrica - World Heritage Site (Minor):
Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica - World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol Panny Márie Snežnej, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol sv. Alžbety, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol Sv. Antona, opáta, Svätý Anton, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol sv. Jozefa, Štiavnické Bane, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol sv. Kataríny, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol sv. Petra a Pavla, Hodruša, Banská Bystrica
- World Heritage Site (Minor):
Pútnický kostol Panny Márie Skapuliarskej, Banská Belá, Banská Bystrica - Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Churches by City (186)
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