Archeparchy of Prešov Archieparchiensis Presoviensis Prešovská Archieparchia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Territory | Prešov Region |
| Ecclesiastical province | Prešov |
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| Parishes | 165 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Slovak Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 22 September 1818 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist |
| Secular priests | 249 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jonáš Maxim[1] |
| Bishops emeritus | Ján Babjak |
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TheArcheparchy of Prešov (Latin:Archieparchiensis Presoviensis) is an archeparchy (equivalent to anarchdiocese in theLatin Church) of theSlovak Greek Catholic Church which is anEastern Catholicparticular church of theCatholic Church that is infull communion with theHoly See. The archeparchy is themetropolitan see of the Slovak Greek Catholicecclesiastical province which covers the whole ofSlovakia. The archeparch (equivalent to anarchbishop in the Latin Church) is also,ex officio, themetropolitan bishop of the metropolis. The geographical remit of the archeparchy itself is confined to thePrešov Region of Slovakia. The archeparch is currentlyJonáš Maxim. Thecathedral church of the archeparcy is the cathedral ofSt. John the Baptist which is situated inPrešov. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses theByzantine Rite in theSlovak andChurch Slavonic languages.
The metropolis is the solemetropolitan see of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. The archeparchy has twosuffraganeparchies: theEparchy of Košice and theEparchy of Bratislava.As of 2004[update] it had 136,593 Slovak Greek Catholic faithful under its jurisdiction.[2] It has aminor basilica Farský chrám Nanebovzatia Presvätej Bohorodičky, bazilika minor, inĽutina. Current archeparch is theJán Babjak,S.J.
Following thepartitions of Poland, theHabsburg monarchy gained control of extensive lands in the region ofGalicia. Together withCarpathian Ruthenia lands of theKingdom of Hungary, they included large minorities who adhered toEastern Catholicism. As a result,Empress Maria Theresa, with the approval of the Holy See, decided to establish ecclesiastical territories on Habsburg-controlled lands. On 27 June 1787, the "Vicariate of Košice" was established on territory that was formerly in the western part of theGreek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo. Later, theepiscopal seat of the Vicariate was transferred from Košice to Prešov. On 22 September 1818, the vicarate was elevated to an eparchy.
As part ofDual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, on 8 June 1912, the eparchy lost some territory to establish the Hungarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog (now theHungarian Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog).
In July 1995, it enjoyed a papal visit byJohn Paul II.On 18 January 1996 the eparchy lost its Czech territory to establish theApostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. In Slovakia, the eparchy lost territory to establish theapostolic exarchate of Košice on 17 January 1997. The exarchate was later raised to an eparchy – theSlovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice. On 30 January 2008, it again lost territory in western and central Slovakia when theEparchy of Bratislava was erected. At the same time it was elevated to asui juris metropolitan archeparchy.
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