The Archdiocese of Eger () is a

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archdiocese of the

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in Northern Hungary, its centre is the city of Eger.

History

* 1000: Established as Diocese of Eger * August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger with four suffragan dioceses: Satu Mare (until 1930),

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(until 1937),

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(until 1977) and

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

Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order

Archbishops of Eger

* Csaba Ternyák (2007-present) * István Seregély (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, 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 Archbishop of Esztergom (elevated to Cardinal in 1573) * Ferenc Ujlaky (1554–1555) * Pál Várdai (1523–1526) * Tamás Bakócz (1497–1497), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom and later Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (elevated to Cardinal in 1500) * Ascanio Sforza (1492–1497) * Johann Beckenschlager (1467–1474) * Michael Szécsényi (1363–1377) * Nicholas Dörögdi (1330–1361) * Csanád Telegdi (1322–1330), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom * Martin (1306–1322) *

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(1275–1305) * Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275) * Cletus Bél (1224–1245) * Thomas (1217–1224), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom * Chama (1158–1166), appointed Archbishop of Kalocsa * Lucas (1156–1158), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom * Martyrius (1142–1150), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom

Suffragan dioceses

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza * Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác

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