Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov

Archeparchy of Prešov Archidioecesis Presoviensis Prešovská Archieparchia
The coat of arms of the Archeparchy of Prešov
Location
Country	Slovakia
Territory	Prešov Region
Ecclesiastical province	Prešov
Metropolitan	Prešov
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2012) 123,700
Parishes	164
Information
Denomination	Eastern Catholic
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	22 September 1818
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Secular priests	249
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ján Babjak
Auxiliary Bishops	Milan Lach
Map
Website
Official Website

The Slovak (Greek) Catholic Archeparchy of Prešov (Latin: Archieparchia Presoviensis, until 2008 Eparchy of Prešov) is the Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Byzantine Rite Slovak Greek Catholic Church which covers the territory of the Prešov Region.

As of 2004 it had 136,593 Greek Catholic faithful. and its seat is in Prešov, where it has the cathedral see Greckokatolícka katedrálny chrám sv. Jána Krstiteľa; it also has a minor basilica Farský chrám Nanebovzatia Presvätej Bohorodičky, bazilika minor, in Ľutina. Current archeparch is the Jesuit Ján Babjak.

It has two suffragan dioceses : Eparchy of Košice and Eparchy of Bratislava.

The eparchy was erected on 22 September 1818 from the territory of the Eparchy of Mukachevo.

Still in the Habsburg imperial age, on 1912.06.08 it lost its Hungarian territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hajdúdorog (meanwhile the Hungarian Catholic Archeparchy).

In July 1995, it enjoyed a papal visit by John Paul II. On 18 January 1996 the eparchy lost its Czech territory to the newly established Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church's Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic. On 17 January 1997, an apostolic exarchate of Košice (today Eparchy of Košice) was created, again split from its former territory.