The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest ( la, Archidioecesis Strigoniensis–Budapestinensis) is the primatial seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary and the

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of one of its four Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces. The Metropolitan archbishopric retains the title of Primate, which gives this see precedence over all other Latin Hungarian dioceses, including the fellow Metropolitan Archbishops of Eger, Kalocsa–Kecskemét and Veszprém, but the incumbent may be individually (and temporarily) outranked if one of them holds a (higher) cardinalate. Its current

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is Péter Erdő.

Duality and special churches

Its double name reflects that it has (co-)cathedral sees in two major Hungarian cities, the old primatial archiepiscopal seat Esztergom and the present national capital Budapest. These two prominent cities fall under the tutelage of one

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due to Hungary's early history wherein Esztergom was one of the former

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of the Kingdom of Hungary (much larger than the present republic – roughly the eastern half of the

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). The archiepiscopal Cathedral and primatial see is Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert főszékesegyház, in Esztergom-Vár. The co-cathedral, a minor basilica and World Heritage Site, is

St. Stephen's Basilica St. Stephen's Basilica ( hu, Szent István-bazilika ) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose right hand is housed in the reliquary. It was the sixth l ...

in Budapest-Szentistvánváros. The archdiocese has a second minor basilica, Kisboldogasszony-templom, Máriaremete, at

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...

, in Fejér county.

Statistics

As of 2016, it pastorally served 1,249,000 Catholics (60.1% of 2,078,000 population) covering 1,543 km² in 188 parishes and 28 missions with (in 2014) 435 priests (254 diocesan, 181 religious), 23 deacons, 725 lay religious (266 brothers, 459 sisters) and 38 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's

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sees are the Latin Bishops of: * Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr * Roman Catholic Diocese of Székesfehérvár The former

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, until then also its suffragan, was elevated in 2015 to Hungarian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog (Eastern Catholic archdiocese), now the Metropolitan (with two suffragans in his own province) in chief of the

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, of

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History

* It was founded in 1001, immediately as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom (Magyar) / Strigonio (Curiate Italian) / Strigonien(sis) (Latin adjective), on Hungarian territories split off from the Diocese of Nitra, Diocese of Passau and Diocese of Regensburg (both with see in Bavaria, southern Germany). It had a uniquely prominent status, see under the title of prince primate. * Lost territory in 1227 to establish Diocese of Milcovia, but in 1542 gained territory back from the suppressed Diocese of Milcovia * Lost territories repeatedly: on 13 March 1776 to establish Diocese of Banská Bystrica,

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and

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, on 8 June 1912 to establish

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(as its suffragan; now a Byzantine rite Metropolitan Archeparchy) and on 29 May 1922 to establish

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. * Enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II in August 1991. * Renamed on 31 May 1993 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest (Magyar) / Strigonio–Budapest (Curiate Italian) / Strigonien(sis)–Budapestinen(sis) (Latin adjective), having gained territory from

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(which became its suffragan) and Diocese of Vác.

Archiepiscopal Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Esztergom (Gran) * Domonkos (archbishop 1000) * Sebestyén (Sebastian) (archbishop 1001) *Radla (archbishop 1002) *Anastaz-Astrik (archbishop ca. 1007) *Sebestyén (again) (archbishop after 1012) *Benedek-Beneta (archbishop 1046–1055) * Nehemiah (archbishop 1075 – 1077/79) * Acha (archbishop 1087 – ca. 1090) * Seraphin (archbishop 1094) * Lőrinc (Lawrence) (archbishop 1105) * Marcel (archbishop 1116) * Felician (archbishop 1127) *

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(''b.'' 1143–''b.'' 1150) * Kökényes (archbishop 1150) * Martyrius (archbishop 1151) *

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(archbishop 1158) *

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(1181–1183) * Job (archbishop 1185) * Ugrin ''de genere'' Csák (archbishop April 1204 – August 1204) * Kalán ''de genere'' Bár-Kalán (archbishop 1204) * John (archbishop 1205) * Thomas (archbishop February–November 1224) * Robert (1226–1239) * Matthias ''de genere'' Rátót (primate, archbishop 1239) * Stephen ''de genere'' Báncsa (archbishop, cardinal 1242) * Benedek (archbishop 1254) * Fülöp Szentgróti (archbishop 1262) * Miklós (Nicholas) ''de genere'' Kán (archbishop 1273) * Benedict (archbishop 1274) *Miklós (Nicholas) ''de genere'' Kán (again) (archbishop 1276) * Peter Kőszegi ''de genere'' Héder (archbishop 1277) * Lodomer (1279–1298) * Gregory Bicskei (archbishop-elect, 1298–1303) * Mihály (Michael) ''de genere'' Bő (archbishop 1303) * Thomas (archbishop 1305) * Boleslav Piast (archbishop 1321) * Miklós (Nicholas) Dörögdi (archbishop 1329) * Csanád Telegdi (archbishop 1330) * Nicholas Vásári (archbishop 1350) * Miklós (Nicholas) Apáti (archbishop 1358) * Tamás (Thomas) Telegdi (archbishop 1367) * János (John) De Surdis (archbishop 1376) *

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(archbishop 1378) *János (John) Kanizsai (primate, archbishop 1387 From 1395) *Péter (Peter) (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *László (Ladislaus) Csetneki (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *György (George) Hohenlohe (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *János (John) Borsnitz (apostolic coadjutor – 1418) *György Pálóczy (primate, archbishop – 1423) * Dénes Szécsi (primate, archbishop – 1440) * János Vitéz (primate, archbishop – 1465–1472) *

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(primate, archbishop 15 Mar 1474 – 21 Mar 1487) *John of Aragon (primate, archbishop – 1480) * Hippolytus Cardinal Este (primate, archbishop – 1486) * Tamás Bakócz (primate, archbishop, cardinal – 1497–1521) * György Szatmári (primate, archbishop – 1522) * László Szalkai (primate, archbishop – 1524) * (primate, archbishop 1526 – 12 Oct 1549) * Giorgio Martinuzzi (primate, archbishop, cardinal – 1551) * Miklós Oláh (primate, archbishop – 1553) *

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(Antun Vrančić) (primate, archbishop 17 Oct 1569 – 15 Jun 1573) *Miklós Telegdy (primate, archbishop 1580 – 22 Apr 1586) *István Fehérkövi (primate, archbishop – 1596) *János Kutasi (primate, archbishop – 1597) * Ferenc Forgách (primate, archbishop – 1607) * Péter Pázmány, S.J. (primate, archbishop, cardinal 28 Oct 1616 – 19 Mar 1637) *Imre Lósi (primate, archbishop – 1637) *György Lippay (primate, archbishop – 1642) *György Szelepcsényi (primate, archbishop – 1666) *György Széchényi (primate, archbishop – 1685) * Leopold Karl, Graf von Kollonitsch (primate, archbishop, cardinal 22 Aug 1695 – 20 Jan 1707) ** Coadjutor Archbishop: Cardinal

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(1701.01.24 – 1707.01.20) *

(prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 20 Jan 1707 – 23 Aug 1725) *Imre Esterházy (prince primate, archbishop – 1725) *Miklós Csáky (prince primate, archbishop – 1751) *Ferenc Barkóczy (prince primate, archbishop – 1761) *József Batthyány (prince primate, archbishop 20 May 1776 – 23 Oct 1799) * Karl Ambrosius of Austria (prince primate, archbishop 16 Mar 1808 – 2 Sep 1809) * Alexander Rudnay (prince primate, archbishop 17 Dec 1819 – 13 Sep 1831) *József Kopácsy (prince primate, archbishop 15 Dec 1838 – 17 Sept 1847) *János Hám (prince primate, archbishop June 1848 – July 1849) * János Scitovszky (prince primate, archbishop 28 Sep 1849 – 19 Oct 1866) * János Simor (prince primate, archbishop 22 Feb 1867 – 23 Jan 1891 ) *

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, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1891 – 1 Jan 1913) * János Csernoch (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1912 – 25 Jul 1927) *

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, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 30 Nov 1927 – 29 Mar 1945) * The Venerable József Mindszenty (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 2 Oct 1945 – 18 Dec 1973) **''Endre Hamvas (apostolic coadjutor 18. July 1950)'' **''Mihály Endrey (apostolic coadjutor 9. February 1957)'' **''Artur Schwarz-Eggenhoffer (apostolic coadjutor 6. June 1957)'' **''Imre Szabó (apostolic coadjutor 10. January 1957)'' **''Imre Kisberk (apostolic coadjutor 28. September 1971)'' **''

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(as apostolic coadjutor 2. February 1974)'' *

(as primate, archbishop, cardinal 12 Feb 1976 – 30 Jun 1986) * László Paskai (primate, archbishop, cardinal 3 March 1987 – 7 Dec. 2002 ''see below''). ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Esztergom–Budapest'' * László Paskai (''see above'' 3 March 1987 – 7 December 2002) (As

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until 1993) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. (1988.12.23 – 1991.03.18) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Vilmos Dékány, Sch. P. (1988.12.23 – 2000.05.19) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Csaba Ternyák (later Archbishop) (1992.12.24 – 1997.12.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Antal Spányi (1998.02.13 – 2003.04.04) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Miklós Beer (2000.04.08 – 2003.05.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Gáspár Ladocsi (2001.11.28 – 2010.11.26) * Péter Erdõ (7 December 2002 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of

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– ...), also President of Hungarian Episcopal Conference (2005.09 – 2015.09.02), President of Council of European Bishops' Conferences (2006.10.08 – 2016.10.08); previously Titular Bishop of Puppi (1999.11.05 – 2002.12.07) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Hungary) (1999.11.05 – 2002.12.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: László Kiss-Rigó (2004.01.24 – 2006.06.20) ** Auxiliary Bishop: György Udvardy (2004.01.24 – 2011.04.09) ** Auxiliary Bishop: János Székely (2007.11.14 – 2017.06.18) ** Auxiliary bishop Ferenc Cserháti (2007.06.15 – ...), Titular Bishop of

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(2007.06.15 – ...) ** Auxiliary bishop

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(2014.10.20 – 2021.02.26), Titular Bishop of

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(2014.10.20 – 2021.02.26)

Auxiliary episcopate

** Auxiliary Bishop: István Bagi (1979.03.31 – 1986.01.31) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Iván Pálos (1975.01.07 – 1987.03.28) ** Auxiliary Bishop: György Zemplén (1969.01.10 – 1973.03.29) ** Auxiliary Bishop:

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(1957–1972) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Imre Szabó (1951.03.11 – 1976.05.21) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed

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(1937.09.22 – 1953.01.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Stefano Breyer (1929.04.05 – 1933.12.13) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Lajos Rajner (1906.06.14 – 1920.03.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Josef Medard Kohl, O.S.B. (1900.12.17 – 1928.01.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus Palásthy (1886.05.04 – 1899.09.24) ** Auxiliary Bishop: József Boltizár (1875.08.24 – 1905.05.17) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Szabó (1868.06.22 – 1884.04.27) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giuseppe Durguth (1865.09.25 – ?) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Emerico Tóth (1857.09.25 – 1865.01.06) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Jozef Viber (1856.06.19 – 1866.01.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Krautmann (1852.03.15 – 1855) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Peter de Ürményi (1820.08.28 – 1839.11.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giovanni Benyovszky (1820.08.28 – 1827?) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Istvan Gosztonyi (1815.12.18 – 1817) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Karol Perényl (1808.07.11 – 1819.03.15) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Nikolaus Rauscher (1808.03.16 – 1815) ** Auxiliary Bishop: József Király (1807.09.18 – 1808.01.11) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Márton Görgey (1804.09.24 – 1807.08.01) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Ladislaus Luzenszky (1779.12.13 – 1792) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Stephanus Nagy (1776.12.16 – 1804) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Georgius Richvaldszky (1776.12.16 – 1779.08.07) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Révay (1754.05.20 – 1776.09.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Paulus de Révay (1753.03.12 – 1776) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Ferenc Zichy (1742.09.24 – 1744.03.16) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Giorgio Trivulzio, B. (1678.11.07 – 1689)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org with Google map – data for all sections

(in Catholic Encyclopedia) (not fully used here)
Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest website
(only in Hungarian)

History of the Archdiocese
(only in Hungarian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Esztergom-Budapest, Roman Catholic Archdiocese

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* Catholic Church in Hungary Roman Catholic dioceses in Hungary Dioceses established in the 10th century Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Hungary