The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém ( hu, Veszprémi Főegyházmegye, la, Archidioecesis Veszprimiensis) is an

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of the

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of the

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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. Believed to have been established in 1009 AD by King

Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the f ...

, as the Diocese of Veszprém, the diocese was originally a suffragan to the

Archdiocese of Esztergom 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 ...

. In 1992, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese. The Archdiocese is the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Kaposvár and the

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, Sarlósbo ...

. The Cathedral of Veszprém is dedicated to

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

. The current archbishop is György Udvardy, formerly Bishop of Pecs, who was appointed by

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on July 12, 2019, to succeed the retiring Gyula Márfi.

Establishment of the diocese

The circumstances of the establishment of the

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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 ...

are still under debate. It is probable that

was the habitual residence of Bishop Bruno, who had been sent to evangelise the

Magyars Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...

in 972; but it was probably only in 1009 when King

issued the Deed of Foundation of the Diocese of Veszprém. Based on the Deed of Foundation, the territory of the Diocese of Veszprém extended over the territories of the Counties of

, Fejér,

Visegrád Visegrád (; german: Plintenburg; la, Pone Navata or ; sk, Vyšehrad) is a castle town in Pest County, Hungary. It is north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend. It had a population of 1,864 in 2010. The town is the s ...

and Kolon. The Diocese of Veszprém was suffragan to the

. When the Abbey of Pannonhalma was established in 1001, King Stephen I granted the

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s of the County of Somogy to the Abbey, but the county itself still belonged to the Diocese of Veszprém. The diocese was linked traditionally to the queen consort. Thus, the ''

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'' of the Cathedral in Veszprém was due to not only the

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but also his wife.

11th–14th centuries

Based on the tradition, the bishop of Veszprém was entitled to crown queens of Hungary, and this tradition was confirmed by an agreement between Bishop Robert of Veszprém and Archbishop János of Esztergom in April 1216. The bishop of Veszprém became also the queen's

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. The first bishop of Veszprém who used the title was Bertalan, Bishop of Veszprém, and in 1269 King Béla IV confirmed that the title was connected to the bishopric. In the year 1294, Queen Fenenna confirmed that, at that time, Dowager Queen Elizabeth had the privilege to collect the donations of the church in the

Veszprém County Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western ...

, despite being a former queen. On 26 October 1313, King Charles I and Bishop Stephen Kéki concluded an agreement under which the Bishop ceded the

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to the King in exchange for the County of

. The agreement was confirmed, in 1392, by

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; therefore the bishops of Veszprém became also the

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s of

List of the Bishops and Archbishops of Veszprém

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(c. 1009) *

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(or Buldi; c. 1046) *

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(or Clement; c. 1055) *

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(c. 1061) *

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(c. 1062–1081) *

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(c. 1082) *

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(1087–1090) * Almarius (c. 1091) *

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(1111–1117) *

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(1121–1131) * Martyrius (before 1135) *

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(1135–1138) *

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(c. 1142) *

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(c. 1156) *

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(c. 1171) *

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(1181–1193) *

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(1199–1209) *

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(1209–1225) *

Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

(1226–1243) * Zlaudus (1245–1262) * Paul II (1263–1275) * Peter II Kőszegi (1275–1289) *

(1290–1309) * Stephen II Kéki (1310–1322) *

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(1323–1333) * Duke Mieszko Piast (1335–1343) * Stephen III Büki (1344–1345) *

Galhard de Carceribus Galhard de Carceribus (died 30 May 1348) was a papal legate, bishop of Veszprém (appointed on 2 March 1345), and archbishop of Brindisi (from 19 July 1346 to his death in 1348). He was born in the Diocese of Cahors. During 1335 to 1343 he visite ...

(1345–1346) * John III Garai (1347–1357) * Ladislaus I Zsámboki (1358–1371) * Ladislaus II Deméndi (1373–1377) * Peter III Siklósi (1378) * Benedict III Himházi (1379–1387) * Demetrius I Vajdai (1387–1392) *

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(1503–1511) *

Petar Berislavić Petar Berislavić (or Péter Beriszló in Hungarian) (Trogir, 1475 – 20 May 1520), a member of the Berislavići Trogirski noble family, was the Ban (title), ban (viceroy) of Croatia from 1513 to 1520 and also bishop of Veszprém. Petar was born ...

/Péter Beriszló (1512–1520) * Pavol Várdai (1521–1523) * Thomas Szalaházy (1524–1526) * Martin I Kecseti (1528–1548) * Paul III Bornemissza (1549–1553) * Andrew I Köves (1553–1568) * Stephen IV Fejérkövy (1573–1587) * Francis I Forgách (1587–1596) * Andrew II Monoszloy (1596–1601) * Louis Újlaky (1603–1605) * Demetrius II Napragy (1605–1606) * Valentin Lépes (1608) * Peter IV Radovith (1608) * Francis II Erghely (1608–1628) * Stephen V Kissennyei-Sennyey (1628–1630) * Stephen VI Csíkmádéfalvi-Szentandrásy (1630) * Paul IV David (1630–1633) * George I Lippay (1633–1637) * George II Orlovai-Jakusyth (1637–1642) * Stephen VII Magyarbéli-Bosnyák (1642–1644) * George III Szelepcsény (1644–1648) * George IV Széchényi (1648–1658) * Paul V Hoffmann (1658–1659) * Stephen VII Kissennyei-Sennyey (1659–1683) * Paul VI Széchényi (1687–1710) * Otto Jochannes Volkra von Heidenreichstein (1710–1720) * Count Emeric Esterházy (1723–1725) * Adam Acsády (1725–1744) * Martin II Padányi-Bíró (1745–1762) * Ignatius Nagymányai-Koller (1762–1773) * John IV Bajzáth (1777–1802) * Paul VI Rosos (1808–1809) * George V Kurbély (1809–1821) * Anton Makay (1823–1825) * John V Kopácsy (1825–1847) * Count Dominic Zichy (1847–1849) * John VI Ranolder (1849–1875) * Sigismund Kovács (1877–1887) * Baron Charles Hornig (1888–1917) * Nándor Rott (1917–1939) *

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(1939) * Gyula Czapik (1939–1943) *

József Mindszenty József Mindszenty (; 29 March 18926 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ...

(1943–1945) * Ladislaus Bánáss (1946–1949) * Bartholomew Alexander Badalik (1949–1965) * Ladislaus Kádár (1975–1978) * Ladislaus Paskai (1979–1982) * József Szendi (1983–1997) * Gyula Márfi (1997–2019) * György Udvardy (since 2019)

Sources

* Balogh, Margit - Gergely, Jenő: ''Egyházak az újkori Magyarországon (1790-1992) - Adattár'' (MTA Történettudományi Intézete, Budapest, 1996) * ''Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század)'', főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994) * Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: ''Magyarország főispánjai 1526-1848'' (Argumentum, Budapest, 1994) * ''Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I-III. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig; 1526-1848, 1848-1944'', főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981, 1982, 1993) * ''Magyar Történelmi Fogalomtár I-II. – A-K; L-ZS'', főszerkesztő: Bán, Péter (Gondolat, Budapest, 1989) * Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: ''Magyarország főméltóságai'' (Maecenas, 1988) * Karácsonyi, János: ''Magyarország egyháztörténete főbb vonásaiban 970-től 1900-ig'' (Könyvértékesítő Vállalat, Budapest, 1985)

References

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