Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia 🇸🇰

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Trnava / Tyrnavien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bratislava

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bratislava (↙), Wien (↙), Brno (↖), Olomouc (↑), Žilina (↗), Nitra (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1922.05.29: Established as Apostolic Administration of Trnava / Tyrnavien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom)
1939.07.19: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom
1977.12.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trnava / Tyrnavien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Banská Bystrica, Košice, Nitra, Rožňava and Spiš and gained territory from Diocese of Győr and Territorial Abbacy of Pannonhalma)
1995.03.31: Suppressed (to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava)
2008.02.14: Restored as Archdiocese of Trnava / Tyrnavien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bratislava–Trnava and Diocese of Nitra and became suffragan of Bratislava)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (2003.09)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2013.07.11 – ...):

Archbishop Ján Orosch (72)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Trnava (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ján Orosch (72)
(2013.07.11 – ...)

Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia)

Corde videre

Born:	1953.05.28 (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.05.02

Priest of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia) (1976.06.06 – 2004.04.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia) (2004.04.02 – 2008.02.14)

Titular Bishop of Semina (2004.04.02 – 2013.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (2008.02.14 – 2013.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (2012.07.02 – 2013.07.11)

Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (2013.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Ján Orosch (72) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.07.02 – 2013.07.11)

Archbishop Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. (66)
(2009.04.18 – 2012.07.02 deposed)

Archbishop emeritus of Trnava (Slovakia)

Imple nos misericordia

Born:	1960.03.01 (Prievidza, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.06

Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (2009.04.18 – 2012.07.02 deposed)

Archbishop Ján Sokol (92)
(2008.02.14 – 2009.04.18)

Archbishop emeritus of Trnava (Slovakia)

Renovatio spiritualis per Mariam

Born:	1933.10.09 (Jacovce, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.06.12

Priest of Trnava (Slovakia) (1957.06.23 – 1988.05.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (1988 – 1989.07.26)

Titular Bishop of Luni (1988.05.19 – 1989.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (1988.05.19 – 1989.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (1989.07.26 – 1995.03.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bratislava–Trnava (Slovakia) (1995.03.31 – 2008.02.14)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Slovakia (2000.08.31 – 2003.09.16)

Archbishop of Trnava (Slovakia) (2008.02.14 – 2009.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Trnava (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ján Sokol (92)
(1989.07.26 – 1995.03.31)

(see above)

Apostolic Administrators of Trnava (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ján Sokol (92) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1988 – 1989.07.26)

Bishop Július Gábriš
(Apostolic Administrator 1977.12.30 – 1987.11.13)

Bishop Július Gábriš
(1973.02.19 – 1977.12.30)

Deo adiuvante et S. Maria intercedente

Born:	1913.12.05 (Tesárske Mlyňany, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.03
Died:	1987.11.13 (Trnava, Slovakia † 73)

Titular Bishop of Decoriana (1973.02.19 – 1977.12.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (1973.02.19 – 1977.12.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (1977.12.30 – 1987.11.13)

Posthumously named archbishop.

Bishop Ambróz Lazík
(1947.06.08 – 1969.04.20)

Ave crux

Born:	1897.12.07 (Trstín, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1922.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.08.14
Died:	1969.04.20 (Trnava, Slovakia † 71)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (1947.06.08 – 1969.04.20)

Titular Bishop of Appia (1949.07.25 – 1969.04.20)

Bishop Pavol Jantausch
(1922.05.29 – 1947.06.08)

Pro veritate cum caritate

Born:	1870.06.27 (Vrbove, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	1893.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.14
Died:	1947.06.29 (Trnava, Slovakia † 77)

Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (Slovakia) (1922.05.29 – 1947.06.08)

Titular Bishop of Priene (1925.03.30 – 1947.06.29)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ján Orosch (72) (later Archbishop) (2008.02.14 – 2013.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dominik Hrušovský (later Archbishop) (1992.12.17 – 1995.03.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vladimír Filo (1990.03.17 – 1995.03.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dominik Tóth (1990.03.17 – 1995.03.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ján Sokol (92) (later Archbishop) (1988.05.19 – 1989.07.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michal Buzalka (1938.03.17 – 1961.12.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedrála sv. Jána Krstiteľa, Trnava, Trnava
Minor Basilica: Bazilika sv. Mikuláša, Trnava, Trnava
Minor Basilica: Bazilika sv. Ondreja, Komárno, Nitra
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (150)

Bratislava (↙), Wien (↙), Brno (↖), Olomouc (↑), Žilina (↗), Nitra (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,833 km²

Population: 462,380 Catholics (73.4% of 630,125 total)

Pastoral Centres: 144 parishes, 20 missions

Personnel: 236 priests (196 diocesan, 40 religious), 3 deacons, 241 religious (49 brothers, 192 sisters), 12 seminarians