Archdiocese of Eger

The Archdiocese of Eger (Latin: Archidioecesis Agriensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Hungary. Its centre is the city of Eger.

Diocese of Eger Archidioecesis Agriensis Egri főegyházmegye
Eger Cathedral Basilcia
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Eger
Statistics
Area	11,500 km^2 (4,400 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,260,000 685,000 (54.4%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St John the Evangelist, St Michael and the Immaculate Conception in Eger
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Csaba Ternyák
Map
Map of the archdiocese
Website
eger.egyhazmegye.hu

History

• 1000: Established as Diocese of Eger
• August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger with four suffragan dioceses: Satu Mare (until 1930), Spiš (until 1937), Košice (until 1977) and Rožňava (until 1977)

• 1993: It received two new suffragan dioceses, Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (then created) and Vác

Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order

Archbishops of Eger

• Csaba Ternyák (2007-present)
• István Seregély (1987–2007)
• László Kádár, O. Cist. (1978–1986)
• József Bánk (1974–1978)
• Pál Brezanóczy (1969–1972)
• Gyula Czapik (1943–1956)
• Lajos Szmrecsányi (1912–1943)
• József Samassa (1873–1912) (Cardinal in 1905)
• Béla Bartakovics (1850–?)
• Ladislaus Pyrker, O.Cist. (1827–1847)
• István Fisher (1807–1822)
• Ferenc Fuchs (1804–?)

Bishops of Eger

• Tamás Pálffy (1660–1678)
• Benedict Kisdy (1648–1660)
• György Jakusics (1642–1647)
• György Lippay (1637–1642)
• István Szuhay (1600–1607)
• Antal Verancsics (1560–1573), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom (elevated to Cardinal in 1573)
• Ferenc Ujlaky (1554–1555)
• Pál Várdai (1523–1526)
• Tamás Bakócz (1497–1497), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom and later Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (elevated to Cardinal in 1500)
• Ascanio Sforza (1492–1497)
• Johann Beckenschlager (1467–1474)
• Michael Szécsényi (1363–1377)
• Nicholas Dörögdi (1330–1361)
• Csanád Telegdi (1322–1330), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
• Martin (1306–1322)
• Andrew (1275–1305)
• Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275)
• Cletus Bél (1224–1245)
• Thomas (1217–1224), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
• Chama (1158–1166), appointed Archbishop of Kalocsa
• Lucas (1156–1158), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
• Martyrius (1142–1150), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom

Suffragan dioceses

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác

See also

• Catholic Church in Hungary

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (in Hungarian)
• Diocese website

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