Military Ordinariate of Slovakia
The Military Ordinariate of Slovakia is a Latin military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church for the Slovak armed forces.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, also in Bratislava.History
The military ordinariate, without precursor, was established by Pope John Paul II on 20 January 2003, ten years after the country's independence by the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.Statistics
As per 2014, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Slovak Armed Forces and their families in 56 parishes with 54 priests, 1 deacon and 8 lay religious brothers.
