Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava

The Diocese of Rožňava (Slovak: Rožňavská diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Rosnaviensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese 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).

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 (including non-members)		(as of 2014)
390,584
205,431 (52.6%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established13 March 1776
CathedralAssumption of Mary Church (Rožňava)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopStanislav Stolárik[1][2]
Map

Map of the Diocese

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.[3]

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
Name Start of the period End of the period Note
Antal Révay19 April 17761780Appointed as bishop of Nyitra
Antal Andrássy17 December 1780†12 November 1799 
Ferenc Szányi1801†1810 
László Esterházy1810† 11 September 1824. 
Ferenc Lajcsák18251827Appointed as bishop of Nagyvárad
János Scitovszky21 January 1828.18 February 1839Appointed as bishop of Pécs
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 1904removed 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. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/21/0208/00470.html
  2. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F21%2F0208%2F00470.html
  3. Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Rosenau

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rosenau". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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