Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,153,505 people, of which around 61% were of Catholic faith. The Archbishop-elect is the former auxiliary bishop, Bernard Bober, he succeeded Alojz Tkáč. Bernard Bober was appointed as Archbishop of Košice on June 4, 2010 and canonically took power of the archdiocese on July 10, 2010. Pope Francis appointed on June 11, 2016 priest Marek Forgáč as new auxiliary bishop.
in Košice
The Major Seminary - St Charles Borromeo Seminary is at the very heart of the Archdiocese of Košice. It is located in downtown Košice, just walking distance from St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It has been forming Roman Catholic seminarians since 1994.

History

It was first created in 1804 under name Diocese of Košice as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Eger. In 1977, the metropolitan was changed to the newly established ecclesiastical province of Trnava. On 31 March 1995, a new ecclesiastical province was created, changing the status of the diocese into archdiocese with the suffragans of Spiš and Rožňava.

Ordinaries

The Diocese of Košice was without a bishop for 28 years during the communist regime.
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