The Archdiocese of Eger () is a

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of the

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in Northern Hungary, its centre is the city of

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, 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 Castle of Eger, its ...

History

* 1000: Established as Diocese of Eger * August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger with four suffragan dioceses:

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(until 1930),

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(until 1937),

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(until 1977) and

Rožňava Rožňava (, , Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attr ...

(until 1977) * 1993: It received two new suffragan dioceses, Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (then created) and

Vác Vác (; ; ; ) is a thousand-year old city in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spelling of the name is ''Vácz''. Location Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank of the Danube river, below t ...

Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order

Archbishops of Eger

* Csaba Ternyák (2007-present) *

István Seregély István Seregély (13 March 1931 – 31 December 2018) was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Eger, Archbishop of Eger from 5 June 1987 to 15 March 2007. Priesthood Seregély was born ...

(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 Johann Ladislaus Pyrker (von Oberwart) ''(von Felsö-Eör)'' (; 2 November 1772 in Nagyláng, Soponya, near Székesfehérvár, Hungary – 2 December 1847 at Vienna) was a Hungarian Cistercian abbot, archbishop and poet. Life He was descend ...

, 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

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(elevated to

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in 1573) * Ferenc Ujlaky (1554–1555) * Pál Várdai (1523–1526) *

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(1497–1497), appointed

and later

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(elevated to

in 1500) *

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(1492–1497) *

Johann Beckenschlager Johann Beckenschlager, also known as Johann Beckensloer, Johann Pflueger or Johann Peckensloer, (; c. 1435 in Breslau – 15 December 1489 in Salzburg) was Archbishop of Esztergom and as John III Archbishop of Salzburg.Friederike Zai ...

(1467–1474) *

Michael Szécsényi Michael Szécsényi (; 1317–1377) was a Hungarian prelate in the 14th century, who served as Bishop of Vác from 1342 to 1362, then Bishop of Eger from 1362 (or 1363) until his death. Life Szécsényi came from the powerful and prestigious Sz� ...

(1363–1377) *

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(1330–1361) *

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(1322–1330), appointed

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(1306–1322) *

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(1275–1305) * Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275) *

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(1224–1245) *

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(1217–1224), appointed

* Chama (1158–1166), appointed

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(1156–1158), appointed

* Martyrius (1142–1150), appointed

Suffragan dioceses

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác The Diocese of Vác, () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Hungary, with its seat in Vác. The diocese was created in 1008 by St. Stephen, the first King of Hungary. Originally known as the "Diocese of ...

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese Website

Diocese Website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Hungary Dioceses established in the 10th century 1000 establishments in Europe 10th-century establishments in Hungary Religious organizations established in the 1000s Eger