The Roman Catholic Church in Hungary is composed of: * A Latin hierarchy, comprising ** four

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s, comprising their Metropolitan archdioceses and in total nine suffragan dioceses ** the exempt

Military Ordinariate A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called "military ...

** the exempt

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of Pannonhalma. * The overlapping proper province of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of ...

''sui iuris'', Byzantine Rite in Hungarian) There is also an Apostolic nunciature, the papal diplomatic representation in Hungary.

Current Latin Dioceses (Roman Rite)

Exempt ''Sui iuris'' Jurisdictions

''directly subject to the Holy See *

Military Ordinariate of Hungary The Military Bishopric of Hungary ( hu, Tábori Püspökség, la, Ordinariatus Militaris Hungariae) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics servin ...

(Tábori Püspökség) * Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma

Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom–Budapest

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest,

primatial see Primate () is a title or rank bestowed on some important archbishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority ( title of authority) or (usually) ceremonial precedence (t ...

of Hungary **

Diocese of Győr 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 associat ...

** Diocese of Székesfehérvár

Ecclesiastical Province of Eger

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger ** Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza **

Diocese of Vác 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 associat ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa–Kecskemét

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét **

Diocese of Pécs 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 associat ...

Diocese of Szeged–Csanád 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 associat ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Veszprém

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém ** Diocese of Kaposvár **

Diocese of Szombathely The Roman Catholic Diocese of Szombathely ( la, Dioecesis Sabariensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Veszprém in Hungary. Its cathedral episcopal see is Szombathely Cathedral ( hu, Sarlós ...

Current Eastern Catholic dioceses

Hungarian (Greek) Catholic province

* Metropolitan Hungarian Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog (Metropolitan see ''sui iuris'', in chief of the entire Hungarian language Byzantine Rite church) **

Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Greek Catholic Church in Hungary (Latin ''Miskolcensis''), a Metropolitan particular church ''sui juris'' which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Hungarian langua ...

** Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyiregyhaza

Defunct jurisdictions

There is no

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. All former jurisdictions have a current successor.

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org

{{Roman Catholic dioceses of Hungary *

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Catholic dioceses