The Archdiocese of Eger ( la, Archidioecesis Agriensis) is an

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in Northern Hungary, its centre is the city of

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque bu ...

History

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

Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order

Archbishops of Eger

* Csaba Ternyák (2007-present) * István Seregély (1987-2007) * László Kádár,

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(1978-1986) * József Bánk (1974-1978) * Pál Brezanóczy (1969-1972) * Gyula Czapik (1943-1956) * Lajos Szmrecsányi (1912-1943) *

József Samassa József Samassa (30 September 1828 – 20 August 1912) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Eger from 1873 until his death. He served as a prof ...

(1873-1912) (Cardinal in 1905) * Béla Bartakovics (1850-?) *

Ladislaus Pyrker Johann Ladislaus Pyrker (von Oberwart) ''(von Felsö-Eör)'' ( hu, felsőőri Pyrker János László; 2 November 1772 in Nagyláng, Soponya, near Székesfehérvár, Hungary – 2 December 1847 at Vienna) was a Hungarian Cistercian abbot, archb ...

, O.Cist. (1827-1847) * István Fisher (1807-1822) * Ferenc Fuchs (1804-?)

Bishops of Eger

* Tamás Pálffy (1660-1678) *

Benedict Kisdy Benedict Kisdy ( hu, Benedek Kisdy, sk, Benedikt Kišdy) (c. 1598 – 22 June 1660) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop in the 17th century. He was the founder of the Royal University (Universitas Cassoviensis) in present-day Košice and the B ...

(1648-1660) * György Jakusics (1642-1647) * György Lippay (1637-1642) * István Szuhay (1600-1607) *

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(1560-1573), appointed

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(elevated to Cardinal in 1573) * Ferenc Ujlaky (1554-1555) * Pál Várdai (1523-1526) * Tamás Bakócz (1497-1497), appointed

and later

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(elevated to Cardinal in 1500) *

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(1492-1497) *

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(1467-1474) * Michael Szécsényi (1363-1377) * Nicholas Dörögdi (1330–1361) * Csanád Telegdi (1322–1330), appointed

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(1306–1322) *

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(1275–1305) * Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275) * Cletus Bél (1224–1245) *

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(1217–1224), appointed

* Chama (1158–1166), appointed

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* Lucas (1156–1158), appointed

* Martyrius (1142–1150), appointed

Suffragan dioceses

Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza The Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza ( la, Dioecesis Debrecenensis–Nyiregyhazanus) is a diocese located in the cities of Debrecen and Nyíregyháza in the Ecclesiastical province of Eger in Hungary. History * 31 May 1993: Es ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese Website

Diocese Website
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