Archeparchy of Prešov

Archeparchy of Prešov

The Archeparchy of Prešov ( _la. Archieparchia Presoviensis, until 2008 Eparchy of Prešov) is an archeparchy of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church which covers the territory of the Prešov Region. It has the suffragans of: Eparchy of Košice and Eparchy of Bratislava. As of 2004 it had 136,593 Greek Catholic faithful. [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dprby.html Prešov (Prjašev) (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy ] ] and its seat is in Prešov.

History

The eparchy was erected on 22 September 1818 from the territory of the Eparchy of Mukachevo. In 1996 the eparchy lost the territory in the Czech Republic to the newly established Czech Greek Catholic Church. In 1997 an apostolic exarchate of Košice (today Eparchy of Košice was created. The last changes occurred on 30 January 2008, when the Eparchy of Bratislava was erected, losing territory of western and central Slovakia. At the same time it was elevated into metropolitan archeparchy.

References

External links

* [http://www.grkatpo.sk/ Official site]


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