:Catholic Church in Slovakia

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The Catholic Church in Slovakia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

According to the 2021 census, around 55.8%{{cite web | title =Roman Catholics represents 56% of the population | publisher = Statistical Office of the SR |year=2022 | url =https://www.scitanie.sk/en/roman-catholics-represents-56-percent-of-the-population | access-date = January 23, 2022}}[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/slovakia US State Dept 2022 report] of the total population was Latin (Roman) Catholic and another 3.8% is Greek Catholic. The country is divided into 8 Latin dioceses including 3 archdioceses, and there is also a separate Metropolitan jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite, see Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

In 2020, there were over 3,000 priests and almost 2,000 nuns serving across more than 1,500 parishes.[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/slovakia Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08]

By taking the percentage of the current practitioners of the Vatican City-led Catholic Christianity as an indicator, Slovakia (59.8% practicing Catholics) is third most Catholic-majority Slavic country in Europe after Poland (71.3% practicing Catholics) and Croatia (79.0% practicing Catholics).

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