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Diocese of

Spiš

Slovakia Slovakia

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Spiš / Scepusien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Košice

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Rožňava (↙), Žilina (←), Kraków (↖), Tarnów (↑), Košice (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.03.25 – ...):Bishop Ján Kuboš (57)Bishop Ján Kuboš (57)

Titular Bishop of Quiza

Ordinaries

Bishops of Spiš (Roman Rite)

Bishop Štefan Sečka
(2011.08.04 – 2020.10.28)

Crux Christi perficiat nos

Born:1953.07.06 (Spišský Štvrtok, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:2002.07.27
Died:2020.10.28 (Levoča, Slovakia † 67)

Titular Bishop of Sita (2002.06.28 – 2011.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (2002.06.28 – 2011.08.04)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (2011.08.04 – 2020.10.28)

Bishop František Tondra
(1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

Obœdientia opus Spiritus Sancti

Born:1936.06.04 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:1989.09.09
Died:2012.05.03 († 75)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 2011.08.04)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Czechoslovakia (1990.04.23 – 1991.07)

President of Czech Bishops’ Conference (1991.07 – 1993.05.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (1993.05.04 – 1994.04.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2000.08.31 – 2009.10.28)

Bishop Ján Vojtassák
(1920.11.13 – 1965.08.04)

Born:1877.11.14 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1901
Consecrated Bishop:1921.02.13
Died:1965.08.04 († 87)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1920.11.13 – 1965.08.04)

Bishop Alexander Párvy
(1904.04.06 – 1919.03.24)

Born:1848.09.30 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1871.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:1903.04.19
Died:1919.03.24 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1903.03.27 – 1904.04.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Eger (Hungary) (1903.03.27 – 1904.04.06)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1904.04.06 – 1919.03.24)

Bishop Pavol Szmrecsányi
(1892.03.27 – 1903.06.25)

Born:1846.05.02 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1871
Consecrated Bishop:1892.05.15
Died:1908.08.08 († 62)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) ([1891.12.01] 1892.03.27 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1908.08.08)

Bishop Juraj Császka (later Archbishop)
(1874.02.27 – 1891.10.27)

Born:1826.12.04 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1850.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1874.07.19
Died:1904.08.11 († 77)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1874.02.27 – 1891.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1891.10.27 – 1904.08.11)

Bishop József Samassa (later Cardinal)
(1871.06.26 – 1873.07.25)

Born:1828.09.30 (Aranyosmarót, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1852.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:1871.07.30
Created Cardinal:1905.12.11
Died:1912.08.20 (Eger, Hungary † 83)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1871.06.26 – 1873.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1873.07.25 – 1912.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1906.12.06 – 1912.08.20)

Bishop Ladislav Zábojský
(1850.09.30 – 1870.09.11)

Born:1793.05.31 (Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:1816
Consecrated Bishop:1851.05.25
Died:1870.09.11 († 77)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1850.09.30 – 1870.09.11)

Fr. Vincent Jekelfalussy (later Bishop)
(1848.06 – 1849 not possessed)

Born:1802.05.02 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1827
Died:1874.05.15 († 72)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1848.06 – 1849 not possessed)

Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) (1867.02.22 – 1874.05.15)

Bishop Jozef Bélik
(1823.11.24 – 1847.03.05)

Born:1757.12.01
Died:1847.03.05 († 89)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1823.11.24 – 1847.03.05)

Bishop Ján Krstitel Ladislav Pryker, O. Cist. (later Patriarch)
(1818.12.21 – 1820.10.02)

Born:1772.11.02 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1796.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:1819.04.18
Died:1847.12.02 († 75)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1818.12.21 – 1820.10.02)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1820.10.02 – 1827.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Eger (Hungary) (1827.04.09 – 1847.12.02)

Archbishop Michel Leopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz
(1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Born:1742.02.09
Ordained Priest:1765.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:1788.04.27
Died:1816.06.23 († 74)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1788.04.07 – 1807.03.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Bishop Ján Révay
(1788.04.07 – 1806.01.09)

Born:1748.08.07 (Slovakia)
Died:1806.01.09 († 57)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1788.04.07 – 1806.01.09)

Fr. Michel Leopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz (later Archbishop)
(1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Born:1742.02.09
Ordained Priest:1765.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:1788.04.27
Died:1816.06.23 († 74)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1787.08.21 – 1788.04.07 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1788.04.07 – 1807.03.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1807.03.23 – 1816.06.23)

Bishop Karol Salbeck
(1776.03.13 – 1785.06.15)

Born:1725.11.17 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1746.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:1759
Died:1785.06.15 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1759.04.04 – 1776.03.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1759.04.04 – 1776.03.13)

Bishop of Spiš (Slovakia) (1776.03.13 – 1785.06.15)

Former Prelates

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Statistics

Area: 7,802 km²

Population: 452,310 Catholics (74.8% of 604,641 total) (2020)

Statistics: 179 parishes, 365 priests (324 diocesan, 41 religious), 1 deacon, 315 lay religious (54 brothers, 261 sisters), 34 seminarians (2020)

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Patron Saint: Saint Martin de Tours

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