The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém ( hu, Veszprémi Főegyházmegye, la, Archidioecesis Veszprimiensis) is an archdiocese of the

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of the

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. Believed to have been established in 1009 AD 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 ...

, as the Diocese of Veszprém, the diocese was originally a suffragan to the

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. In 1992, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese. The Archdiocese is the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Kaposvár and the

Diocese of Szombathely The Roman Catholic Diocese of Szombathely ( la, Dioecesis Sabariensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Veszprém in Hungary. Its cathedral episcopal see is Szombathely Cathedral ( hu, Sarlós ...

. The Cathedral of Veszprém is dedicated to

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

. The current archbishop is György Udvardy, formerly Bishop of Pecs, who was appointed by

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on July 12, 2019, to succeed the retiring Gyula Márfi.

Establishment of the diocese

The circumstances of the establishment of the episcopal see in Veszprém are still under debate. It is probable that Veszprém was the habitual residence of Bishop Bruno, who had been sent to evangelise the Magyars in 972; but it was probably only in 1009 when King

issued the Deed of Foundation of the Diocese of Veszprém. Based on the Deed of Foundation, the territory of the Diocese of Veszprém extended over the territories of the Counties of Veszprém, Fejér,

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and Kolon. The Diocese of Veszprém was suffragan to the

. When the Abbey of Pannonhalma was established in 1001, King Stephen I granted the

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s of the County of Somogy to the Abbey, but the county itself still belonged to the Diocese of Veszprém. The diocese was linked traditionally to the queen consort. Thus, the ''

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'' of the Cathedral in Veszprém was due to not only the

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but also his wife.

11th–14th centuries

Based on the tradition, the bishop of Veszprém was entitled to crown queens of Hungary, and this tradition was confirmed by an agreement between Bishop Robert of Veszprém and Archbishop János of Esztergom in April 1216. The bishop of Veszprém became also the queen's chancellor. The first bishop of Veszprém who used the title was Bertalan, Bishop of Veszprém, and in 1269 King Béla IV confirmed that the title was connected to the bishopric. In the year 1294, Queen Fenenna confirmed that, at that time, Dowager Queen Elizabeth had the privilege to collect the donations of the church in the

Veszprém County Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western ...

, despite being a former queen. On 26 October 1313, King Charles I and Bishop Stephen Kéki concluded an agreement under which the Bishop ceded the

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to the King in exchange for the County of Veszprém. The agreement was confirmed, in 1392, by

King Sigismund Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia (''jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1 ...

; therefore the bishops of Veszprém became also the

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

s of Veszprém.

List of the Bishops and Archbishops of Veszprém

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(c. 1009) * Modestus (or Buldi; c. 1046) * Nicholas (or Clement; c. 1055) *

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(c. 1061) *

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(c. 1062–1081) * John I (c. 1082) * Cosmas (1087–1090) * Almarius (c. 1091) * Matthew (1111–1117) *

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(1121–1131) * Martyrius (before 1135) * Peter I (1135–1138) *

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(c. 1142) * Peta (c. 1156) *

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(c. 1171) *

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(1181–1193) * Calanda (1199–1209) *

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(1209–1225) *

Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

(1226–1243) * Zlaudus (1245–1262) * Paul II (1263–1275) * Peter II Kőszegi (1275–1289) *

(1290–1309) * Stephen II Kéki (1310–1322) *

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(1323–1333) * Duke Mieszko Piast (1335–1343) * Stephen III Büki (1344–1345) * Galhard de Carceribus (1345–1346) * John III Garai (1347–1357) * Ladislaus I Zsámboki (1358–1371) * Ladislaus II Deméndi (1373–1377) * Peter III Siklósi (1378) * Benedict III Himházi (1379–1387) * Demetrius I Vajdai (1387–1392) * Pietro Isvalies (1503–1511) * Petar Berislavić/Péter Beriszló (1512–1520) * Pavol Várdai (1521–1523) * Thomas Szalaházy (1524–1526) * Martin I Kecseti (1528–1548) * Paul III Bornemissza (1549–1553) * Andrew I Köves (1553–1568) * Stephen IV Fejérkövy (1573–1587) * Francis I Forgách (1587–1596) * Andrew II Monoszloy (1596–1601) * Louis Újlaky (1603–1605) * Demetrius II Napragy (1605–1606) * Valentin Lépes (1608) * Peter IV Radovith (1608) * Francis II Erghely (1608–1628) * Stephen V Kissennyei-Sennyey (1628–1630) * Stephen VI Csíkmádéfalvi-Szentandrásy (1630) * Paul IV David (1630–1633) * George I Lippay (1633–1637) * George II Orlovai-Jakusyth (1637–1642) * Stephen VII Magyarbéli-Bosnyák (1642–1644) * George III Szelepcsény (1644–1648) * George IV Széchényi (1648–1658) * Paul V Hoffmann (1658–1659) * Stephen VII Kissennyei-Sennyey (1659–1683) * Paul VI Széchényi (1687–1710) * Otto Jochannes Volkra von Heidenreichstein (1710–1720) * Count Emeric Esterházy (1723–1725) * Adam Acsády (1725–1744) * Martin II Padányi-Bíró (1745–1762) * Ignatius Nagymányai-Koller (1762–1773) * John IV Bajzáth (1777–1802) * Paul VI Rosos (1808–1809) * George V Kurbély (1809–1821) * Anton Makay (1823–1825) * John V Kopácsy (1825–1847) * Count Dominic Zichy (1847–1849) * John VI Ranolder (1849–1875) * Sigismund Kovács (1877–1887) * Baron Charles Hornig (1888–1917) * Nándor Rott (1917–1939) * Tihamér Tóth (1939) * Gyula Czapik (1939–1943) * József Mindszenty (1943–1945) * Ladislaus Bánáss (1946–1949) * Bartholomew Alexander Badalik (1949–1965) * Ladislaus Kádár (1975–1978) * Ladislaus Paskai (1979–1982) * József Szendi (1983–1997) * Gyula Márfi (1997–2019) * György Udvardy (since 2019)

Sources

* Balogh, Margit - Gergely, Jenő: ''Egyházak az újkori Magyarországon (1790-1992) - Adattár'' (MTA Történettudományi Intézete, Budapest, 1996) * ''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) * Karácsonyi, János: ''Magyarország egyháztörténete főbb vonásaiban 970-től 1900-ig'' (Könyvértékesítő Vállalat, Budapest, 1985)

References

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