Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice (Slovak: Košická arcidiecéza, Latin: Archidioecesis Cassoviensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Slovakia, with its seat in Košice. It covers central and eastern parts of the Prešov and Košice regions, with an area of 10,403 km². On that area, there was a population of around 1,118,000 people, of which around 60% were of Catholic faith (2004). The Archbishop-elect is the former auxiliary bishop, Bernard Bober, he succeeds Alojz Tkáč.
History
It was first created in 1804 under name Diocese of Košice as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Eger. In 1977, the metropolitan was changed to the newly-established ecclesiastical province of Trnava. On 31 March 1995, a new ecclesiastical province was created, changing the status of the diocese into archdiocese with the suffragans of Spiš and Rožňava.
Ordinaries
- Andrej (André) Szabó † (20 Aug 1804 Appointed - 28 Sep 1819 Died)
- Stefan (István) Cech (Csech) † (8 Jan 1821 Appointed - 4 Jun 1831 Died)
- Imrich Palugyay † ( 1830 Appointed - 13 Feb 1839 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
- Anton Ocskay † (18 Aug 1839 Ordained Bishop - 11 Sep 1848 Died)
- Jozef Kunszt † (20 May 1850 Appointed - 15 Mar 1852 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
- Ignác Fábry † (15 Mar 1852 Appointed - 26 Jun 1867 Died)
- Ján Perger † (13 Mar 1868 Appointed - 5 Apr 1876 Died)
- Konštantín Schuster † (1 Jul 1877 Appointed - 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Vác)
- Zigmund Bubics † (30 May 1887 Appointed - Oct 1906 Retired)
- Augustín Fischer-Colbrie † (6 Aug 1906 Succeeded - 17 May 1925 Died)
- Stefan Madarász † (19 Jul 1939 Appointed - 8 Aug 1948 Died)
- Alojz Tkáč (14 Feb 1990 Appointed - 4 Jun 2010 Retired)
- Bernard Bober (4 Jun 2010 Appointed - )
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