Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Eger

Diocese of Eger
Diocese of Eger; Archidioecesis Agriensis; Egri főegyházmegye
	Eger Cathedral Basilcia
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Eger
Statistics
Area	11,500 km2 (4,400 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(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	Francis
Archbishop	Csaba Ternyák
Auxiliary Bishops	Ferenc Palanki
Bishops emeritus	István Katona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Map
	; Map of the Archdiocese
Website
	eger.egyhazmegye.hu

The Archdiocese of Eger (Latin: Archidioecesis Agriensis) is an archdiocese in Northern Hungary, its centre is the city of Eger.

History

1000: Established as Diocese of Eger
August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger

Szent János apostol és evangélista, Szent Mihály főangyal, Szeplőtelen Fogantatás főszékesegyház bazilika
(Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apstole and Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception)

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
Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275)
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

Sources