Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava

Eparchy of Bratislava Eparchia Bratislaviensis ritus byzantini Bratislavská eparchia
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Location
Country	Slovakia
Ecclesiastical province	Prešov
Metropolitan	Prešov
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2012) 14,941
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	30 January 2008
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Bratislava
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Rusnák
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ján Babjak
Map
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Website
Website of the Diocese

The Eparchy of Bratislava (Latin: Eparchia Bratislaviensis) is an eparchy of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church which covers the territory of western and central Slovakia, i.e., Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions (around 33,300 km²). The eparchy is a suffragan to the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Its cathedral is the Church of the Holy Feast of the Cross in central Bratislava.

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Greek Catholic Cathedral of Bratislava

History

The eparchy was established on 30 January 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and its current bishop is Peter Rusnák. The approximate number of Greek Catholic faithful in the whole eparchy as of 2008 may be around 25,000.