Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava

Eparchy of Bratislava Eparchia Bratislaviensis ritus byzantini Bratislavská eparchia
Slovak Greek Catholic Cathedral of Bratislava
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Slovakia
Ecclesiastical province	Prešov
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2012) 14,941
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	30 January 2008
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bratislava
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Eparch	Peter Rusnák
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ján Babjak
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Eparchy of Bratislava (Latin: Eparchia Bratislaviensis) is a Slovak Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church that covers the territory of western and central Slovakia. It is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. Its cathedral is the Church of the Holy Feast of the Cross in the episcopal see of Bratislava.

The Eparchy of Bratislava covers territory in Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions (totalling around 33,300 km²).

History

The eparchy was established on 30 January 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and its current bishop is Peter Rusnák. As of 2008, roughly 25,000 Slovak Greek Catholics were under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of Bratislava.