“The Trnava Apostolic Administrature was promoted to the level of diocese and Metropolitan See,” – a decision that Slovaks had been waiting for more than 1000 years. In the Papal Bull “Qui Divino” dated December 30, 1977, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Slovakia an independent ecclesiastical province. By the document “Praescriptionum sacrosancti”, he demarcated new dioceses which borders were inconsistent with the official Slovak borders. On 6th July, 1978, the Slovak ecclesiastical province was solemnly proclaimed in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Trnava, thus the Holy See did in fact confirm the sovereignty of Slovakia before the state was...