List of cathedrals in Slovakia

Last updated December 06, 2021

This is the list of cathedrals and co-cathedrals in Slovakia sorted by denomination.

Catholic

Latin Rite

The following are Latin Rite cathedrals and co-cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia:

Cathedral	Archdiocese or Diocese	Location	Dedication	Notes
Banská Bystrica Cathedral Katedrála svätého Františka Xaverského	Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	St. Francis Xavier	Cathedral
Bratislava Cathedral Katedrála svätého Martina	Bratislava	Bratislava	Saint Martin	Cathedral since March 2008
Košice Cathedral Dóm svätej Alžbety	Košice	Košice	Saint Elisabeth	Biggest church in Slovakia Easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe
Nitra Cathedral Bazilika svätého Emeráma	Nitra	Nitra	Saint Emmeram	Cathedral, minor basilica
Rožňava Cathedral Katedrála Nanebovzatia Panny Márie	Rožňava	Rožňava	Assumption of Mary	Cathedral
Spišská Kapitula Cathedral Katedrála svätého Martina	Spiš	Spišská Kapitula	Saint Martin	Cathedral, World Heritage Site
Trnava Cathedral Katedrála svätého Jána Krstiteľa	Trnava	Trnava	St. John the Baptist	Cathedral
Žilina Cathedral Katedrála Najsvätejšej Trojice	Žilina	Žilina	Holy Trinity	Cathedral since 2008
Military Ordinariate Cathedral Katedrála svätého Šebastiána v Bratislave - Krasňanoch	Military Ordinariate	Bratislava	Saint Sebastian	Cathedral since 2009
Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows Konkatedrála Sedembolestnej Panny Márie	Spiš	Poprad	Our Lady of Sorrows
Co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas Konkatedrála svätého Mikuláša	Košice	Prešov	Saint Nicholas

Eastern Rites

The following cathedrals of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church are located in Slovakia:

Cathedral	Eparchy or Archeparchy	City	Dedication
Temple of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného kríža	Eparchy of Bratislava	Bratislava	Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Temple of Birth of the Holy Mother of God Chrám Narodenia Presvätej Bohorodičky	Eparchy of Košice	Košice	Birth of the Holy Mother of God
St. John the Baptist Cathedral Chrám svätého Jána Krstiteľa	Archeparchy of Prešov	Prešov	St. John the Baptist

Eastern Orthodox

The following cathedrals of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church cathedrals are located in Slovakia:

Cathedral	Archdiocese or Diocese	Location	Dedication	Image
Cathedral of Sts. Apostles Cyril and Methodius ^[1]	Diocese of Michalovce and Košice	Michalovce	Sts. Apostles Cyril and Methodius
Cathedral of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky ^[2]	Archdiocese of Prešov and Slovakia	Prešov	Alexander Nevsky

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References

↑ Official website of the ARC Michalovce: Katedrálny chrám sv. apoštolom rovných Cyrila a Metoda Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
↑ Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church, official site in Slovakia: ARCIDEKANÁT PRE OKRESY: PREŠOV, SABINOV, STARÁ ĽUBOVŇA A VRANOV NAD TOPĽOU Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today (in Slovak)

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[1] Official website of the ARC Michalovce: Katedrálny chrám sv. apoštolom rovných Cyrila a Metoda Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)

[2] Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church, official site in Slovakia: ARCIDEKANÁT PRE OKRESY: PREŠOV, SABINOV, STARÁ ĽUBOVŇA A VRANOV NAD TOPĽOU Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today (in Slovak)

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v t e Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Slovakia
Latin Church	St Francis Xavier Cathedral (Banská Bystrica) St Martin's Cathedral (Bratislava) St Elisabeth Cathedral (Košice) St Emmeram's Cathedral (Nitra) Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows (Poprad) Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Prešov) Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Rožňava) St Martin's Cathedral (Spišská Kapitula) St John the Baptist Cathedral (Trnava) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Žilina)
Slovak Greek Catholic Church	Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Bratislava) Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Košice) Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Prešov)
Military Ordinariate	Old Cathedral of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois (Bratislava)
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