Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava

Coat of arms of diocese.

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). The current bishop is Vladimír Filo, who succeeded 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 Rosenyó. In 1776 John Galgóczy was appointed first Bishop of Rosenau, but died before taking charge. His successor, Count Anthony Révay (1776–80), caused the church to be restored and the high altar to be renovated. Among his successors were: John Scitovszky (1827–38), later Bishop of Funfkirchen and Archbishop of Gran; Ethelbert Bartakovics (1845–50), later archbishop of Eger.^[1]

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

Notes

1. ^ http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Rosenau

External links

• Official website (Slovak)
• Diocese of Rožňava at catholic-hierarchy.org
• Diocese of Rožňava at newadvent.org

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