The Roman Catholic Diocese of Szombathely ( la, Dioecesis Sabariensis) is a

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in the

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of the Metropolitan

Veszprém Veszprém (; german: Weißbrunn, sl, Belomost) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county (comitatus or 'megye') of ...

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. Its

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episcopal see is

Szombathely Cathedral The Our Lady of the Visitation Cathedral ( hu, Sarlósboldogasszony székesegyházi) also called Szombathely Cathedral or Cathedral of the Visitation of Our Lady is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church in the ...

( hu, Sarlósboldogasszony székesegyházi), dedicated to the Visitation of Our Lady, in the city of

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

History

* June 17, 1777: Established as Diocese of Szombathely (German ''Steinamanger''), on territories split off from the

Diocese of Veszprém 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 ...

(also Hungary) and then Diocese of Zagreb (

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). Its first bishop was John Szily (1777–1799), who built the episcopal residence and the cathedral. His successor, Cardinal Franz Herzen (1799–1804), was envoy of Austrian emperor

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to the Holy See. Diocese of Steinamanger * Lost Alpine territory on 1922.05.18 to establish

Apostolic Administration of Burgenland The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt ( la, Dioecesis Sideropolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Eisenstadt in the Ecclesiastical province of Vienna in Austria. The episcopal seat is in Eisenstadt Cathedral. History * May 18, 1922 ...

(in

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Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 298,100 Catholics (76.9% of 387,500 total) on 4,660 km² in 142 parishes with 135 priests (105 diocesan, 30 religious), 86 lay religious (30 brothers, 56 sisters) and 16 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Szombathely'' *

János Szily János Szily (20 August 1735, Felsőszopor - 2 June 1799, Szombathely) was a Hungarian Catholic bishop and patron of the arts. Biography He was born to a Catholic father and a Lutheran mother. After completing his primary and secondary studies ...

di Felsőszopor (1777.02.17 – death 1799.01.02), previously Bishop of

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(Croatia) (1775.04.24 – 1777.02.17) *

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(Czech) (1800.05.12 – 1804.06.01),

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of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1788.04.07 – 1804.06.01); previously created

of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1780.12.11 – 1782.09.13), transferred Cardinal-Priest of

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(1782.09.13 – 1788.04.07),

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(1788.03.10 – 1789) *

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(1806.08.26 – death 1822.02.20) * András Bolle (1825.03.21 – death 1844) * Gábor Balassa (1844.06.07 – death 1851.08.11) * Ferenc Szenczy (1852.09.04 – death 1869.02.19) *

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(1869.11.22 – death 1881) *

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(1883.03.15 – death 1900) * István Vilmos (1901.12.16 – 1910.12.24), succeeding as former

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(1898.11.28 – 1901.12.16) and Auxiliary Bishop of Szombathely (1898.11.28 – 1901.12.16) * Archbishop János Mikes (born Romania) (1911.12.11 – retired 1936.11.21); emeritate first as Titular Bishop of

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(1936.01.10 – 1936.11.21), then Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palæstina (1936.11.21 – 1939.08.05), finally 'promoted'

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(1939.08.05 – 1945.03.28) * József Grősz (1939.07.19 – 1943.05.07), previously Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phœnicia (1928.12.17 – 1939.07.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Hungary) (1928.12.17 – 1939.07.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Hungary) (1943.05.07 – death 1961.10.03) * Sándor Kovács (1944.03.03 – death 1972) :BIOS TO ELABORATE ** Auxiliary Bishop: József Winkler (1959.09.15 – 1981.01.30) **''

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Árpád Fábián,

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(O. Praem.) (1972.02.08 – 1975.01.07 ''see below'') * Árpád Fábián, O. Prae (''see above'' 1975.01.07 – 1986.05.14) ** Auxiliary Bishop: György Póka (1982.04.05 – 1987.03.03) * István Konkoly (1987.06.05 – 2006.06.20) * András Veres (2006.06.20 – 2016.07.17.) ** ''Administrator of the Diocese István Császár (2016.07.18 – 2017.06.18) * János Székely (2017.06.18 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of

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(2007.11.14 – 2017.06.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary) (2007.11.14 – 2017.06.18).

Notes and references

Sources

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

External links