Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina

The Diocese of Žilina (Slovak: Žilinská Diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in north-western Slovakia including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions. It has its seat in Žilina. The current bishop is Tomáš Galis.

Diocese of Žilina

Dioecesis Žilinensis

Žilinská Diecéza
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Žilina
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Žilina
Coat of arms
Location
CountrySlovakia
TerritoryNW of Trenčín and W of Žilina regions
Ecclesiastical provinceBratislava
MetropolitanŽilina
Deaneries12
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2014)
592,200
484,200 (81.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 February 2008
CathedralCathedral of the Holy Trinity in Žilina
Patron saintSaints Cyril and Methodius
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopTomáš Galis
Metropolitan ArchbishopStanislav Zvolenský
Vicar GeneralMons. ThLic. Marek Hriadel
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

The diocese was established on 14 February 2008 from the northern parts of the Diocese of Nitra, which shifted more to the south and from a small part of the Diocese of Banská Bystrica.

Today

The newest activities in 2022 from the newly established Caplan, the Roman Catholic priest Michal Tichy, were connected to another willingness project—The Wikimedia Foundation's interests. The priest allowed Wikipedians, from the first point, to publish the edited record of his Holy Mass freely to the whole world. His own homilies were firstly recorded 18. April 2022 in consideration of the Evangelium of Mathew 28, 8–15.

Deaneries

The diocese currently has 12 deaneries in the towns:


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