Diocese of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Banská Bystrica / Neosolien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bratislava

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier

Liturgical Calendar 📅

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

Pope John Paul II (2003.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Marián Chovanec (66)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Banská Bystrica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marián Chovanec (66)
(2012.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Omnia impendam pro animabus vestris

Born:	1957.09.16 (Trenčin, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1989.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.18

Priest of Nitra (Slovakia) (1989.06.17 – 1999.07.22)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (1999.07.22 – 2012.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra (Slovakia) (1999.07.22 – 2012.11.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2000.08.31 – ...)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (2012.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Rudolf Baláž
(1990.02.14 – 2011.07.27)

Veritas liberabit vos

Born:	1940.11.20 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.03.19
Died:	2011.07.27 († 70)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1990.02.14 – 2011.07.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (1994.04.13 – 2000.08.31)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2003.09.16 – 2006.10.03)

Bishop Jozef Feranec
(1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14)

Poko j dobro! Nadovšetko láska

Born:	1910.03.14 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.03
Died:	2003.05.03 († 93)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1973.02.19 – 1990.02.14)

Bishop Andrej Škrábik
(1943.08.21 – 1950.01.08)

Born:	1882.05.13 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1904.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.09.17
Died:	1950.01.08 († 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 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1892
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.02.13
Died:	1943.08.21 († 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 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1871
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.01.25
Died:	1935.10.14 († 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
(1893.06.06 – 1904.01.13)

Born:	1825.02.04 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1848
Died:	1904.01.13 († 78)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1893.06.06 – 1904.01.13)

Bishop Imrich Bende
(1887.03.17 – 1893.01.19)

Born:	1824.08.28 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1847.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.04.24
Died:	1911.03.26 († 86)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (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
Died:	1886.12.02 († 63)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1871.12.22 – 1886.06.07)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1886.06.07 – 1886.12.02)

Bishop Zigmund Suppan
(1870.06.27 – 1871)

Born:	1814.01.18
Ordained Priest:	1837
Died:	1881.07.17 († 67)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1870.06.27 – 1871)

Bishop Štefan Moyzes
(1851.02.17 – 1869.07.05)

Died:

1869.07.05

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1851.02.17 – 1869.07.05)

Bishop Jozef Rudnyánszky
(1845.01.20 – 1850)

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1845.01.20 – 1850)

Bishop Jozef Belánsky
(1823.11.24 – 1843.01.03)

Died:

1843.01.03

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1823.11.24 – 1843.01.03)

Bishop Anton Makay
(1818.12.21 – 1823.11.24)

Died:

1825.01.08

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (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:	1742.10.16
Ordained Priest:	1765.03.17
Died:	1813.10.05 († 70)

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
(1776.09.16 – 1793.08.14)

Died:

1793.08.14

Bishop of Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) (1776.09.16 – 1793.08.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andrej Škrábik (1941.06.14 – 1943.08.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tomáš Galis (72) (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: Katedrálny chrám sv. Františka Xaverského, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica
Minor Basilica: Bazilika Navštívenia Panny Márie, Staré Hory, Banská Bystrica
World Heritage Site (Minor): Farský kostol Panny Márie Nanebovzatej, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica
World Heritage Site (Minor): Kostol Panny Márie Skapuliarskej, Banská Belá, 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, 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
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Nitra (↙), Žilina (↑), Rožňava (→), Eger (↘), Vác (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 6,675 km²

Population: 372,243 Catholics (61.4% of 606,122 total)

Pastoral Centres: 155 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 274 priests (215 diocesan, 59 religious), 1 deacon, 249 religious (74 brothers, 175 sisters), 13 seminarians