There are two

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...

s of the

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of the

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. Under 2 archdioceses, there are 6 suffragan dioceses. There is also a military ordinariate that is not part of either ecclesiastical province. In addition, there is one ecclesiastical territory 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 ...

. Under the one archeparchy, are two eparchies. There are no titular sees or other defunct jurisdictions other than direct precursors of current dioceses.

Latin Hierarchy

Exempt

Military Ordinariate of Slovakia The Military Ordinariate of Slovakia () is a Latin military ordinariate (pseudo-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church for the Slovak armed forces. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province a ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Bratislava

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava **

Archdiocese of Trnava The Archdiocese of Trnava (, ) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese in western Slovakia including bigger part of the Trnava, and parts of Nitra and Trenčín regions. It has its seat in Trnava. Although it is an archdiocese, it is not a metropolita ...

Diocese of Banská Bystrica In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

Diocese of Nitra The Diocese of Nitra (; ; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Slovakia, with its seat in Nitra. , the bishop is Viliam Judák. History The diocese was created as the first one on the territory of present-day Slovakia ...

Diocese of Žilina In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Košice

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Košice ** Diocese of Rožňava **

Diocese of Spiš In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

Slovak Greek Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Prešov

(

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Chri ...

) * Metropolitan

Archeparchy of Prešov Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administra ...

, ''also Chief of the entire rite-specific

particular church In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with ''universals''. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed ...

'' ** Eparchy of Bratislava ** Eparchy of Košice

External links and sources

Catholic-Hierarchy entry

{{Slovak Greek Catholic Church hierarchy *

Catholic dioceses