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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava

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Diocese of Rožňava

Dioecesis Rosnaviensis

Dieceze Roznavska
Coat of arms of diocese
Location
CountrySlovakia
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Košice
Statistics
Area7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020[1])
Increase441,139
Increase208,233 (Decrease47.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established13 March 1776
CathedralAssumption of Mary Church (Rožňava)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopStanislav Stolárik[2][3]
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese

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

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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

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Name Start of the period End of the period Note
Antal Révay 19 April 1776 1780 Appointed as bishop of Nyitra
Antal Andrássy 17 December 1780 †12 November 1799  
Ferenc Szányi 1801 †1810  
László Esterházy 1810 † 11 September 1824.  
Ferenc Lajcsák 1825 1827 Appointed as bishop of Nagyvárad
János Scitovszky 21 January 1828. 18 February 1839 Appointed as bishop of Pécs
Domonkos Zichy 1840 1842 Appointed as bishop of Veszprém
Béla Bartakovics 1844 1850 Appointed as archbishop of Eger
István Kollárcsik 1850 † 18 July 1869  
György Schopper 17 January 1872. †10 April 1895  
János Ivánkovics 1896 12 October 1904 removed from position
Lajos Balás 17 October 1905 †18 September 1920.
Jüzsef Csárszky 1925 1925  
Mihály Bubnics 1925 †22 February 1945
Róbert Pobožný 25 July 1949 † 9 June 1972
Eduard Kojnok 14 February 1990 27 December 2008
Vladimír Filo 27 December 2008  †18 August 2015
Stanislav Stolárik 21 March 2015  

Notes

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  1. ^ "Štruktúra Katolíckej cirkvi" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ "Web Translator".
  4. ^ Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Rosenau
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rosenau". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.