The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest ( la, Archidioecesis Strigoniensis–Budapestinensis) is the primatial seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary and the

Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

of one of its four Latin rite

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sever ...

s. The Metropolitan archbishopric retains the title of Primate, which gives this see precedence over all other Latin Hungarian dioceses, including the fellow Metropolitan Archbishops of Eger, Kalocsa–Kecskemét and Veszprém, but the incumbent may be individually (and temporarily) outranked if one of them holds a (higher)

cardinalate The College of Cardinals, or more formally the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. its current membership is , of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are ap ...

. Its current

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Péter Erdő Péter Erdő ( hu, Erdő Péter, ; born 25 June 1952) is a Hungarian Cardinal of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, who has been the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary since 2003. He was president of the Council of ...

Duality and special churches

Its double name reflects that it has (co-)cathedral sees in two major Hungarian cities, the old primatial archiepiscopal seat Esztergom and the present national capital

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

. These two prominent cities fall under the tutelage of one

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

due to Hungary's early history wherein Esztergom was one of the former

capitals Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...

of the Kingdom of Hungary (much larger than the present republic – roughly the eastern half of the Habsburg monarchy). The archiepiscopal

Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominat ...

and primatial see is Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert főszékesegyház, in Esztergom-Vár. The co-cathedral, a minor basilica and World Heritage Site, is

St. Stephen's Basilica St. Stephen's Basilica ( hu, Szent István-bazilika ) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose right hand is housed in the reliquary. It was the sixth l ...

in Budapest-Szentistvánváros. The archdiocese has a second minor basilica, Kisboldogasszony-templom, Máriaremete, at Székesfehérvár, in Fejér county.

Statistics

As of 2016, it pastorally served 1,249,000 Catholics (60.1% of 2,078,000 population) covering 1,543 km² in 188 parishes and 28 missions with (in 2014) 435 priests (254 diocesan, 181 religious), 23 deacons, 725 lay religious (266 brothers, 459 sisters) and 38 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are the Latin Bishops of: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr The Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr ( hu, Győri Egyházmegye, german: Bistum Raab, la, Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. The diocese is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of E ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár The Diocese of Székesfehérvár ( la, Dioecesis Albae Regalensis) is a diocese located in the city of Székesfehérvár in the Ecclesiastical province of Esztergom-Budapest in Hungary. History * 16 June 1777: Established as Diocese of Székesf ...

The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Hajdúdorog, until then also its suffragan, was elevated in 2015 to Hungarian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog (Eastern Catholic archdiocese), now the Metropolitan (with two suffragans in his own province) in chief of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, of

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. The canonical hours are ...

History

* It was founded in 1001, immediately as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom (Magyar) / Strigonio (Curiate Italian) / Strigonien(sis) (Latin adjective), on Hungarian territories split off from the

Diocese of Nitra The Diocese of Nitra ( sk, Nitrianska diecéza; la, Dioecesis Nitriensis; hu, Nyitrai egyházmegye) is a Roman Catholic diocese western Slovakia, with its seat in Nitra. , the bishop is Viliam Judák. History The diocese was created as the ...

Diocese of Passau The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.Diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg ( la, Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory seated in Regensburg, Germany. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. ...

(both with see in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, southern Germany). It had a uniquely prominent status, see under the title of prince primate. * Lost territory in 1227 to establish Diocese of Milcovia, but in 1542 gained territory back from the suppressed Diocese of Milcovia * Lost territories repeatedly: on 13 March 1776 to establish Diocese of Banská Bystrica,

Diocese of Rožňava In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

and

Diocese of Spiš In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

, on 8 June 1912 to establish Diocese of Hajdúdorog (as its suffragan; now a Byzantine rite Metropolitan Archeparchy) and on 29 May 1922 to establish Apostolic Administration of Trnava. * Enjoyed a

Papal visit Papal travel outside Rome has been historically rare, and voluntary travel of the pope was non-existent for the first 500 years. Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) undertook more pastoral trips than all his predecessors combined. Pope Francis (2013� ...

from

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

in August 1991. * Renamed on 31 May 1993 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest (Magyar) / Strigonio–Budapest (Curiate Italian) / Strigonien(sis)–Budapestinen(sis) (Latin adjective), having gained territory from Diocese of Székesfehérvár (which became its suffragan) and Diocese of Vác.

Archiepiscopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Esztergom (Gran) * Domonkos (archbishop 1000) * Sebestyén (Sebastian) (archbishop 1001) *Radla (archbishop 1002) *Anastaz-Astrik (archbishop ca. 1007) *Sebestyén (again) (archbishop after 1012) *Benedek-Beneta (archbishop 1046–1055) * Nehemiah (archbishop 1075 – 1077/79) * Acha (archbishop 1087 – ca. 1090) * Seraphin (archbishop 1094) * Lőrinc (Lawrence) (archbishop 1105) * Marcel (archbishop 1116) * Felician (archbishop 1127) *

Macarius Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; confer the Latin '' beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other langua ...

(''b.'' 1143–''b.'' 1150) * Kökényes (archbishop 1150) * Martyrius (archbishop 1151) * Lucas (archbishop 1158) * Nicholas (1181–1183) *

Job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that cont ...

(archbishop 1185) * Ugrin ''de genere'' Csák (archbishop April 1204 – August 1204) * Kalán ''de genere'' Bár-Kalán (archbishop 1204) * John (archbishop 1205) *

Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(archbishop February–November 1224) *

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1226–1239) * Matthias ''de genere'' Rátót (primate, archbishop 1239) * Stephen ''de genere'' Báncsa (archbishop, cardinal 1242) * Benedek (archbishop 1254) * Fülöp Szentgróti (archbishop 1262) * Miklós (Nicholas) ''de genere'' Kán (archbishop 1273) *

Benedict Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures * Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Ch ...

(archbishop 1274) *Miklós (Nicholas) ''de genere'' Kán (again) (archbishop 1276) * Peter Kőszegi ''de genere'' Héder (archbishop 1277) *

Lodomer Lodomer ( hu, Lodomér; died 2 January 1298) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the second half of the 13th century. He was Archbishop of Esztergom between 1279 and 1298, and Bishop of Várad (now Oradea in Romania) from 1268 till 1279. H ...

(1279–1298) *

Gregory Bicskei Gregory Bicskei ( hu, Bicskei Gergely; died 7 September 1303) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. He was the elected Archbishop of Esztergom between 1298 and 1303. Supporting the claim of the Capeti ...

(archbishop-elect, 1298–1303) * Mihály (Michael) ''de genere'' Bő (archbishop 1303) *

(archbishop 1305) * Boleslav Piast (archbishop 1321) * Miklós (Nicholas) Dörögdi (archbishop 1329) *

Csanád Telegdi Csanád Telegdi ( hu, Telegdi Csanád; died 1349) was a Hungarian prelate in the first half of the 14th century. He served as Bishop of Eger from 1322 to 1330, then Archbishop of Esztergom from 1330 until his death. Descending from an old Hungaria ...

(archbishop 1330) * Nicholas Vásári (archbishop 1350) * Miklós (Nicholas) Apáti (archbishop 1358) * Tamás (Thomas) Telegdi (archbishop 1367) * János (John) De Surdis (archbishop 1376) * Demeter (archbishop 1378) *János (John) Kanizsai (primate, archbishop 1387 From 1395) *Péter (Peter) (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *László (Ladislaus) Csetneki (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *György (George) Hohenlohe (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *János (John) Borsnitz (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *György Pálóczy (primate, archbishop – 1423) *

Dénes Szécsi Dénes Szécsi de Felsőlendva (or ''Széchy; ''c. 1410 – 1 February 1465) was a Hungarian prelate and cardinal, who served as Archbishop of Esztergom from 1440 to 1465. He was the first Primate of Hungary since 1452 when donated the title an ...

(primate, archbishop – 1440) * János Vitéz (primate, archbishop – 1465–1472) * Johann Beckenschlager (primate, archbishop 15 Mar 1474 – 21 Mar 1487) *John of Aragon (primate, archbishop – 1480) * Hippolytus Cardinal Este (primate, archbishop – 1486) * Tamás Bakócz (primate, archbishop, cardinal – 1497–1521) * György Szatmári (primate, archbishop – 1522) *

László Szalkai László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being frequen ...

(primate, archbishop – 1524) * (primate, archbishop 1526 – 12 Oct 1549) * Giorgio Martinuzzi (primate, archbishop, cardinal – 1551) * Miklós Oláh (primate, archbishop – 1553) * Antal Verancsics (Antun Vrančić) (primate, archbishop 17 Oct 1569 – 15 Jun 1573) *Miklós Telegdy (primate, archbishop 1580 – 22 Apr 1586) *István Fehérkövi (primate, archbishop – 1596) *János Kutasi (primate, archbishop – 1597) * Ferenc Forgách (primate, archbishop – 1607) * Péter Pázmány, S.J. (primate, archbishop, cardinal 28 Oct 1616 – 19 Mar 1637) *Imre Lósi (primate, archbishop – 1637) *György Lippay (primate, archbishop – 1642) *György Szelepcsényi (primate, archbishop – 1666) *György Széchényi (primate, archbishop – 1685) * Leopold Karl, Graf von Kollonitsch (primate, archbishop, cardinal 22 Aug 1695 – 20 Jan 1707) **

Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coa ...

: Cardinal

Christian August of Saxe-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 cardinal ...

(1701.01.24 – 1707.01.20) *

(prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 20 Jan 1707 – 23 Aug 1725) *Imre Esterházy (prince primate, archbishop – 1725) *Miklós Csáky (prince primate, archbishop – 1751) *Ferenc Barkóczy (prince primate, archbishop – 1761) *József Batthyány (prince primate, archbishop 20 May 1776 – 23 Oct 1799) * Karl Ambrosius of Austria (prince primate, archbishop 16 Mar 1808 – 2 Sep 1809) *

Alexander Rudnay Alexander Stefan Rudnay de Rudna et DivékujfaluMarkó 2006, p. 325. ( hu, rudnai és divékujfalusi Rudnay Sándor István; 4 October 1760 – 13 September 1831) was a Hungarian– Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He started as a parish priest, ...

(prince primate, archbishop 17 Dec 1819 – 13 Sep 1831) *József Kopácsy (prince primate, archbishop 15 Dec 1838 – 17 Sept 1847) *János Hám (prince primate, archbishop June 1848 – July 1849) * János Scitovszky (prince primate, archbishop 28 Sep 1849 – 19 Oct 1866) *

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 ...

(prince primate, archbishop 22 Feb 1867 – 23 Jan 1891 ) *

Kolos Ferenc Vaszary Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (12 February 1832 in Keszthely, Hungary – 3 September 1915 in Balatonfüred, Hungary) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a longtime archbishop of the prestigious see of Esztergom in the Austro-Hu ...

, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1891 – 1 Jan 1913) * János Csernoch (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1912 – 25 Jul 1927) * Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 30 Nov 1927 – 29 Mar 1945) * The Venerable József Mindszenty (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 2 Oct 1945 – 18 Dec 1973) **''Endre Hamvas (apostolic coadjutor 18. July 1950)'' **''Mihály Endrey (apostolic coadjutor 9. February 1957)'' **''Artur Schwarz-Eggenhoffer (apostolic coadjutor 6. June 1957)'' **''Imre Szabó (apostolic coadjutor 10. January 1957)'' **''Imre Kisberk (apostolic coadjutor 28. September 1971)'' **'' László Lékai (as apostolic coadjutor 2. February 1974)'' * László Lékai (as primate, archbishop, cardinal 12 Feb 1976 – 30 Jun 1986) * László Paskai (primate, archbishop, cardinal 3 March 1987 – 7 Dec. 2002 ''see below''). ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Esztergom–Budapest'' * László Paskai (''see above'' 3 March 1987 – 7 December 2002) (As

Archbishop of Esztergom In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...

until 1993) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. (1988.12.23 – 1991.03.18) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. (1988.12.23 – 2000.05.19) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Csaba Ternyák (later Archbishop) (1992.12.24 – 1997.12.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Antal Spányi (1998.02.13 – 2003.04.04) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Miklós Beer (2000.04.08 – 2003.05.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Gáspár Ladocsi (2001.11.28 – 2010.11.26) * Péter Erdõ (7 December 2002 – ...), created

Cardinal-Priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Co ...

of S. Balbina (2003.10.21 004.03.09– ...), also President of Hungarian Episcopal Conference (2005.09 – 2015.09.02), President of Council of European Bishops' Conferences (2006.10.08 – 2016.10.08); previously Titular Bishop of Puppi (1999.11.05 – 2002.12.07) as Auxiliary Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) (1999.11.05 – 2002.12.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: László Kiss-Rigó (2004.01.24 – 2006.06.20) ** Auxiliary Bishop: György Udvardy (2004.01.24 – 2011.04.09) ** Auxiliary Bishop: János Székely (2007.11.14 – 2017.06.18) ** Auxiliary bishop Ferenc Cserháti (2007.06.15 – ...), Titular Bishop of

Centuria ''Centuria'' (, plural ''centuriae'') is a Latin term (from the stem ''centum'' meaning one hundred) denoting military units originally consisting of 100 men. The size of the century changed over time, and from the first century BC through most ...

(2007.06.15 – ...) ** Auxiliary bishop György Snell (2014.10.20 – 2021.02.26), Titular Bishop of

Pudentiana Pudentiana is a traditional Christian saint and martyress of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as Potentiana and is often coupled with her si ...

(2014.10.20 – 2021.02.26)

Auxiliary episcopate

** Auxiliary Bishop: István Bagi (1979.03.31 – 1986.01.31) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Iván Pálos (1975.01.07 – 1987.03.28) ** Auxiliary Bishop: György Zemplén (1969.01.10 – 1973.03.29) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Mihály Endrey-Eipel (1957–1972) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Imre Szabó (1951.03.11 – 1976.05.21) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi (1937.09.22 – 1953.01.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Stefano Breyer (1929.04.05 – 1933.12.13) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Lajos Rajner (1906.06.14 – 1920.03.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Josef Medard Kohl, O.S.B. (1900.12.17 – 1928.01.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus Palásthy (1886.05.04 – 1899.09.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: József Boltizár (1875.08.24 – 1905.05.17) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Szabó (1868.06.22 – 1884.04.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giuseppe Durguth (1865.09.25 – ?) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Emerico Tóth (1857.09.25 – 1865.01.06) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jozef Viber (1856.06.19 – 1866.01.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Krautmann (1852.03.15 – 1855) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Peter de Ürményi (1820.08.28 – 1839.11.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Benyovszky (1820.08.28 – 1827?) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Istvan Gosztonyi (1815.12.18 – 1817) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Perényl (1808.07.11 – 1819.03.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Nikolaus Rauscher (1808.03.16 – 1815) ** Auxiliary Bishop: József Király (1807.09.18 – 1808.01.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Márton Görgey (1804.09.24 – 1807.08.01) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Ladislaus Luzenszky (1779.12.13 – 1792) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Stephanus Nagy (1776.12.16 – 1804) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Georgius Richvaldszky (1776.12.16 – 1779.08.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Révay (1754.05.20 – 1776.09.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus de Révay (1753.03.12 – 1776) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Ferenc Zichy (1742.09.24 – 1744.03.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Trivulzio, B. (1678.11.07 – 1689)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org with Google map – data for all sections

(in Catholic Encyclopedia) (not fully used here)
Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest website
(only in Hungarian)

History of the Archdiocese
(only in Hungarian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Esztergom-Budapest, Roman Catholic Archdiocese

Archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

* Catholic Church in Hungary Roman Catholic dioceses in Hungary

Dioceses established in the 10th century In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Hungary