Catholic Church in Slovakia
Also known as: Slowakei (Deutsch), Eslovaquia (español), la Slovaquie (français), Slovacchia (Italiano), Słowacja (polski), Eslováquia (Português), Slovensko (slovenčina), 斯洛伐克 (正體中文), スロバキア (日本語), Slovacia (latine)
By Type (12)
By Rite
Roman Rite (9): Banská Bystrica, Bratislava, Košice, Nitra, Rožňava, Spiš, Trnava, Vojenský ordinariát Slovenska, Žilina
Slovak Church (3): Bratislava, Košice, Prešov
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Celebrations
Documents and Celebrations ![Text](https://gcatholic.org/images/doc.png)
Papal Visits
- 2021.09.12 – 2021.09.15: Apostolic Journey to Slovakia
- 2003.09.11 – 2003.09.14: Apostolic Journey to Slovakia
- 1995.06.30 – 1995.07.03: Apostolic Journey to Slovakia
- 1990.04.22: Apostolic Journey to the Slovak Federative Republic
Geography
Cultural Summary
Religions: Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 8.2%, Greek Catholic 3.8%, other or unspecified 12.5%, none 13.4%
Languages: Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%, other or unspecified 8.8%
Ethnic Groups: Slovak 80.7%, Hungarian 8.5%, Romani 2%, other 1.8% (includes Czech, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish), unspecified 7%
Statistics (2021.12.31)
Area: 49,012 km²
Catholic Population: 4,025,000 Catholics (73.7% of 5,460,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 1,562 parishes, 118 other centres
Clergy: 22 bishops (11 diocesan, 11 titular), 3,012 priests (2,402 diocesan, 610 religious), 33 permanent deacons (31 diocesan, 2 religious)
Non-Clergy: 1,952 religious (102 brothers, 1,850 sisters), 264 members of secular institutes (3 brothers, 261 sisters), 264 major seminarians, 1 missionary, 1,920 catechists