Archdiocese of Bratislava, Slovakia 🇸🇰 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1995.03.31: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava / Bratislavien(sis)–Tyrnavien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trnava and with suffragan sees Banská Bystrica and Nitra)
• 2008.02.14: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava / Bratislavien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Diocese of Banská Bystrica and Diocese of Nitra, lost territory to establish Archdiocese of Trnava and gained suffragan sees Trnava and Žilina)

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1990.04, 1995.06, 1995.07, 2003.09)
• Pope Francis (2021.09)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,759 km²

Population: 445,000 Catholics (57.2% of 777,985 total)

Pastoral Centres: 124 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 337 priests (170 diocesan, 167 religious), 7 deacons, 635 religious (230 brothers, 405 sisters), 12 seminarians