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 (68)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Banská Bystrica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marián Chovanec (68)
(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 (Nevolné, 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 (Pobedím pri Piešťanoch, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.03
Died:	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:	1904.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.09.17
Died:	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:	1892.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.02.13
Died:	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:	1871.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.01.25
Died:	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:	1848.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.08.27
Died:	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:	1847.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.04.24
Died:	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)
Ordained Priest:	1847.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.04.14
Died:	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:	1837
Died:	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:	1797.10.24 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1821.01.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.05.25
Died:	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)
Ordained Priest:	1812.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.06.08
Died:	1859.11.24 († 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:	1792.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.02.08
Died:	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)
Ordained Priest:	1779.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.03.25
Died:	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:	1765.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1781.01.14
Died:	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)
Ordained Priest:	1753.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.10.13
Died:	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 (74) (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)