Archdiocese of Eger

The Archdiocese of Eger () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church 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), SpiÅ¡ (until 1937), KoÅ¡ice (until 1977) and Rožňava (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)
• Andrew (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

See also

• Catholic Church in Hungary

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website
• Diocese website