Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina

Diocese of Žilina Dioecesis Žilinensis Žilinská Diecéza
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Žilina
Location
Country	Slovakia
Territory	NW of Trenčín and W of Žilina regions
Ecclesiastical province	Bratislava
Metropolitan	Žilina
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 593,712 484,111 (81.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	14 February 2008
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Žilina
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Tomáš Galis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stanislav Zvolenský
Vicar General	Ladislav Stromček
Episcopal Vicars	Stanislav Ďungel
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Žilina (Slovak: Žilinská Diecéza, Latin: Dioecesis Žilinensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in north-western Slovakia including parts of the Trenčín and Žilina regions. It has its seat in Žilina. The current bishop is Tomáš Galis.

History

The diocese was established on 14 February 2008 from the northern parts of the Diocese of Nitra, which shifted more to the south and from a small part of the Diocese of Banská Bystrica.

Deaneries

The diocese currently has 10 deaneries:

External links

• Official site of the diocese

Dioceses and eparchies of Slovakia
Roman Catholic dioceses	Bratislava Trnava Banská Bystrica Nitra Žilina Košice Rožňava Spiš
Roman Catholic ordinariate	Military Ordinariate of Slovakia
Greek Catholic (Byzantine) eparchies	Prešov Bratislava Košice