The Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr ( hu, Győri Egyházmegye, german: Bistum Raab, la, Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a

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of the

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of the

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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest. The diocese is believed to have been established in 1009 by King

Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the ...

, along with most of the other Hungarian dioceses. The

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of Győr is dedicated to

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother ...

. The current bishop is Lajos Pápai, who was appointed in 1991.

Secular offices connected to the bishopric

The Bishops of

Győr Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between Budapest and Vienna – situated on one of ...

were

Perpetual Count A perpetual count ( hu, örökös főispán, la, supremus et perpetuus comes)Nemes 1989, p. 81. was a head or an '' ispán'' of a county in the Kingdom of Hungary (“Lord Lieutenant”) whose office was either hereditary or attached to the digni ...

s of Baranya ( Hungarian: ''Győr vármegye örökös főispánja'',

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: ''Jaurinensis perpetuus supremus comes'') from the 16th century till 1783.

List of the Bishops of Győr

* Nicolas I (c. 1051 – c. 1055) *

Hartvik Hartvik (''Arduin'') was a prelate (most probably the bishop of Győr) in the Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Prin ...

(end of 11th – beginning of 12th century) * George (1111–1118) *

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(1124–1125/1131) *

Peter I Peter I may refer to: Religious hierarchs * Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus * Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint * Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholicos ...

(1134–1135) * Paul (1137–1138) * Zacheus (1142–1146) * Izbeg (1150 – c. 1156) * Gervasius (1156–1157) *

Andrew I Andrew I may refer to: * Andrew I of Hungary ( 1015 – before 1060) * Andrew, Archbishop of Antivari (14th century) * Andrei of Polotsk ( 1325–1399) * ''King Andrew the First "King Andrew the First" is an American political cartoon created b ...

(1169–1176) * Mikod (1176 – c. 1186) *

Ugrin Csák Ugrin (III) from the kindred Csák ( hu, Csák nembeli (III.) Ugrin, hr, Ugrin Čak, sr, Угрин Чак; died in 1311) was a prominent Hungarian baron and oligarch in the early 14th century. He was born into an ancient Hungarian clan. He ac ...

(c. 1188–1204) * Peter II (1205–1218) * Cosmas (1219–1222) * Gregory (1224–1241) *

Benedict Osl Benedict from the kindred Osl ( hu, Osl nembeli Benedek; died June/October 1244) was a Hungarian prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Várad from 1231 to 1243, then briefly Bishop of Győr from 1243 until his death. He was also ca ...

(1243–1244) *

Artolf Artolf, also Aistulf, Arnolphus or Atolf (died 1252) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Transylvania from 1244 to 1245, then Bishop of Győr from 1245 until his death. Biography Artolf (or Ar ...

(1245–1252) *

Amadeus Pok Amadeus from the kindred Pok ( hu, Pok nembeli Amadé; died 1267 or 1268) was a Hungarian prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1254 until his death. Background Amadeus was born into the wealthy and powerful ''gens'' ( ...

(1254–1267) * Farkas Bejc (1268–1269) * Denis (1270–1285) * Andrew II (1291–1294) *

Theodore Tengerdi Theodore Tengerdi ( hu, Tengerdi Tivadar; died May/October 1308) was a Hungarian prelate at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who served as Bishop of Győr from 1295 to 1308. Prior to that, he was provost of Székesfehérvár and vice-cha ...

(1295–1308) * Nicholas II Kőszegi (1308–1336) * Coloman of Hungary (1337–1375) * John I of Surdis (1375–1376) * Peter Siklósi (1376–1377) *

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1378–1386) *

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(1386) * John II Hédervári (1386–1415) * František Ujlaky (1540–1554) * Leopold Karl, Graf von Kollonitsch (1686–1690) *

Christian August von Sachsen-Zeitz Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (9 October 1666 in Moritzburg – 23 August 1725 in Regensburg), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz was a Teutonic Knight, the Primas of Hungary and finally a cardi ...

(1696–1725) * Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf (5 May 1725 appointed – 10 July 1732 appointed, Bishop of Wrocław) * Jozef Ignác de Vilt (Wilt) (26 August 1806 appointed – 5 October 1813 died) * Ernst Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (1818 † 1821) *

János Simor János Simor (23 August 1813 – 23 January 1891) was a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Esztergom from 1867 until his death in 1891. He was previously Bishop of Győr from 1857 to 1867. He was made a cardinal in 187 ...

(19 March 1857 appointed – 22 February 1867 appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom) * Giovanni Zalka (27 March 1867 appointed – 1901 died) * Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék (16 December 1901 appointed – 20 April 1911 appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare ) * Árpád Lipót Várady (22 April 1911 appointed – 25 May 1914 appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa) * Antal Fetser (22 January 1915 appointed – 6 October 1933 died) * Stefano Breyer (13 December 1933 appointed – 28 September 1940 died) * Bl. Vilmos Apor (21 January 1941 appointed – 2 April 1945 died) *

János Scheffler János Scheffler (german: Johann Scheffler; 29 October 1887 – 6 December 1952) was a Hungarian-born Roman Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of two dioceses before acting as the Bishop of Oradea Mare. He was imprisoned due to opposin ...

(8 November 1945 Appointed, however he was not installed because he preferred to stay in his Diocese of Szatmár ) * Karl Kalman Papp (3 May 1946 appointed – 28 July 1966 died) * Kornél Pataky (Pataki) (2 April 1976 appointed – 18 March 1991 resigned) * Lajos Pápai (18 March 1991 appointed - 17 May 2016 retired) * András Veres (17 May 2016 appointed - )

Sources

* ''Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század)'', főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994) * Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: ''Magyarország főispánjai 1526-1848'' (Argumentum, Budapest, 1994) * ''Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I-III. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig; 1526-1848, 1848-1944'', főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981, 1982, 1993) * ''Magyar Történelmi Fogalomtár I-II. – A-K; L-ZS'', főszerkesztő: Bán, Péter (Gondolat, Budapest, 1989) * Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: ''Magyarország főméltóságai'' (Maecenas, 1988)

References

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgyor.html

External links

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