Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kaposvár
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The Diocese of Kaposvár () is a
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of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern
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episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (), in the city of
Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...
, capital of
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History

* Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.


Statistics

, it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.


Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár * Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously
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of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as
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of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) * László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary *
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Sources


GCatholic.org - data for all sections



External links

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Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...
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