The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic bishops in active service (both Latin and Byzantine rite) in the

Slovak Republic Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's ...

Function

The bishops gather together to clarify the form and manner of the apostolic activities in Slovakia. They gather and act in accordance with various Church laws which take into account local circumstances (cf. c. 447 and 449, § 1 CIC). The conference is based on the law itself have legal personality (cf. c. 449, § 2 CIC). The conference includes all diocesan bishops of the

and according to their rights on a par with the position, and coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular bishops who are in that territory or outside it perform a specific task entrusted to them the Apostolic See or the Episcopal Conference of the common good of the country (cf. c. 450, § 1 CIC). Emeritus Bishops are not members of the Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, but may be invited as consultors of several plenary sessions and to be members of some episcopal commissions. The sessions and committees include: Plenary Session, the Permanent Council General Secretariat, Council for Economic Affairs and the Committee and the Conference Board provided for a defined purpose (cf. c. 451, CIC), according to the Statute of the Slovak Bishops' Conference adopted on 21 6th 2000, Art. 1 to 4.

The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia

President: Metropolitan Archbishop

Bernard Bober Monsignor Bernard Bober (born 3 November 1950) is a Slovak catholic prelate. He is the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Košice, chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops and Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University in Ružomberok. Biograp ...

Western Ecclesiastical province

Stanislav Zvolenský Stanislav Zvolenský (born November 19, 1958) is a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Archbishop of Bratislava. Biography Stanislav Zvolenský was born in Trnava, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Julius ...

- Metropolitan Archbishop of

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

Jozef Haľko Jozef Haľko (born 10 May 1964) is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava, Titular Bishop of Serra, professor of church history at the Roman Catholic Cyrilo-Methodian Theological Faculty at the Comenius University ...

- Auxiliary Bishop of

Ján Orosch Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trnava, Archbishop of Trnava. Biography After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Julius Gábriš o ...

- Archbishop of

Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o ...

Viliam Judák Viliam Judák (born 9 November 1957 in Nová Bystrica, Harvelka) is the diocesan Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia. He was a priest in Nitra, where he gained a Doctor of Theology, Th.D. in 1991, and was then seminary rector of St. Gorazd in Nitra (1996– ...

- Diocesan Bishop of

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of ...

Peter Beňo Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

- Auxiliary Bishop of

Marián Chovanec Marián Chovanec (born 16 September 1957) is a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. Since 2012 he serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Banská Bystrica. Biography Marián Chovanec was born on 16 September 1957 in Trenčín. He studied theology ...

- Diocesan Bishop of

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

* Tomáš Galis - Diocesan Bishop of

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

Eastern Ecclesiastical province

- Metropolitan Archbishop of

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

Marek Forgáč Marek Forgáč (born 21 January 1974 in Košice) is Slovak bishop who has been the titular bishop of Seleuciana and the auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Košice since 2016. In years 2011 2016, he served as Pro Dean of the Faculty of Theology ...

- Auxiliary Bishop of

Stanislav Stolárik Stanislav Stolárik (born 27 February 1955) is a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava. Biography Stanislav Stolárik was born on 27 February 1955 in Rožňava as a seventh ...

- Diocesan Bishop of

Rožňava Rožňava (, , Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attr ...

* František Trstenský - Diocesan Bishop of

Spiš Spiš ( ; or ; ) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (more specifically encompassing 14 former Slovak villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory, but it is also the name of one ...

* Ján Kuboš - Auxiliary Bishop of

Military ordinariate

František Rábek František Rábek (born 17 February 1949) a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Slovakia from its establishment in 2003 to his retirement in 2025. Biography František Rábek ...

- Bishop – Ordinary of the Military Ordinariate

Prešov Ecclesiastical province (Greek Catholic)

* Jonáš Maxim - Metropolitan Archieparch of

Prešov Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city i ...

and head of the

Slovak Greek Catholic Church The Slovak Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine Catholic Church in Slovakia, is a ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic church based in Slovakia. As a Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, particular ch ...

Cyril Vasiľ Cyril Vasiľ, S.J. (born 10 April 1965) is a Slovak Jesuit prelate who has served as Eparch of Košice in the Slovak Greek Catholic Church since June 2021, after serving as apostolic administrator there for 16 months. He holds the personal tit ...

- Eparchial Bishop of

* Peter Rusnák - Eparchial Bishop of

* Milan Lach - Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava Eparchy

References

* History section decade activity Slovak Bishops' Conference nline The Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, it. 2012-07-20 * Apostolic administrator nline Archdiocese of Trnava, it. 2012-07-20

External links

* http://www.kbs.sk/?cid=1117025772 * http://www.abu.sk/?show=118 * http://www.kbs.sk/ {{Authority control Slovak Catholic Church in Slovakia

Function

The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia

Western Ecclesiastical province

Eastern Ecclesiastical province

Military ordinariate

Prešov Ecclesiastical province (Greek Catholic)

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