Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Rožňava
Latin:Dioecesis Rosnaviensis
Local:Dieceze Roznavska
Country:Slovakia
Metropolitan:Archdiocese of Košice
Area Km2:7,000
Population:441,139
Population As Of:2020[1]
Catholics:208,233
Catholics Percent:47.2
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Established:13 March 1776
Cathedral:Assumption of Mary Church (Rožňava)
Bishop:Stanislav Stolárik[2] [3]
Bishop Title:Bishop
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The Diocese of Rožňava (Slovak: Rožňavská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Rosnaviensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Slovakia. It covers central and eastern parts of the Banská Bystrica Region and western parts of the Košice Region. Its seat is in Rožňava, covers an area of 7,000 km2 with 343,352 people of which 58% are of Catholic faith (2004).

Auxiliary Bishop Stanislav Stolárik, Titular Bishop of Barica, who until then had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice, in Košice, Slovakia, was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Rožňava on Saturday, 21 March 2015, by Pope Francis, succeeding Bishop Emeritus Vladimír Filo, who himself had succeeded Bishop Emeritus Eduard Kojnok in 2008.

History

The diocese was established by Maria Theresa on 13 March 1776 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. It was then known by its German name diocese of Rosenau, or Hungarian name diocese of Rozsnyó. In 1776 János Galgóczy was appointed first Bishop of Rosenau, but died before taking charge. His successor, Count Antal Révay (1776–80), caused the church to be restored and the high altar to be renovated. Among his successors were: János Scitovszky (1827–38), later Bishop of Funfkirchen and Archbishop of Gran; Béla Bartakovics (1845–50), later archbishop of Eger.[4]

On 30 December 1977, it was taken from the former metropolitan, and became part of the newly created Slovak ecclesiastical province together with the metropolitan Diocese of Trnava.

The last change of metropolitan took place on 31 March 1995 when it was changed to the newly elevated Archdiocese of Košice.

List of bishops

NameStart of the periodEnd of the periodNote
Antal Révay19 April 1776 1780
Antal Andrássy17 December 1780†12 November 1799  
Ferenc Szányi1801†1810 
László Esterházy1810† 11 September 1824.  
Ferenc Lajcsák18251827
János Scitovszky21 January 1828. 18 February 1839
Domonkos Zichy18401842Appointed as bishop of Veszprém
Béla Bartakovics18441850Appointed as archbishop of Eger
István Kollárcsik1850† 18 July 1869  
György Schopper17 January 1872. †10 April 1895  
János Ivánkovics189612 October 1904 removed from position
Lajos Balás17 October 1905 †18 September 1920.
Jüzsef Csárszky19251925 
Mihály Bubnics1925†22 February 1945
Róbert Pobožný25 July 1949† 9 June 1972
Eduard Kojnok14 February 199027 December 2008
Vladimír Filo27 December 2008 †18 August 2015
Stanislav Stolárik21 March 2015 

Notes

  1. Web site: Štruktúra Katolíckej cirkvi . 4 June 2024.
  2. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/21/0208/00470.html
  3. Web site: Web Translator .
  4. [Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Rosenau]

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