Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice
The Eparchy of Košice is an eparchy of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church that is situated in south-eastern Slovakia. Its episcopal seat is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the city of Košice. The eparchy is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses the Byzantine Rite in the Slovak, Hungarian and Church Slavonic languages.
History
- Established on 27 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II as the Apostolic Exarchate of Košice, on territory that was split from the Eparchy of Prešov.
- Elevated on 30 January 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI to the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice.
List of eparchs
- Milan Chautur
- *named eparch 30 January 2008
- Cyril Vasiľ
- * apostolic administrator ''sede plena''