The Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog ( la, Archidioecesis Haidudoroghensis) is a
Metropolitan
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* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
archeparchy
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(Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the
Greek Catholic Church in Hungary.
Its Metropolitan archeparch is the head of the
Greek Catholic Church in Hungary. The Metropolitanate is a ''
sui iuris
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''
Eastern particular Church
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in full union with the
Catholic Church
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, which uses the
Byzantine Rite
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The canonical hours a ...
in
Hungarian language
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, covering the entire area of Hungary.
The archepiscopal cathedral is located in the city of
Hajdúdorog
Hajdúdorog () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. In 2001, 80.9% of the population of Hajdúdorog was Greek Catholic.
It is located at . Hajdúdorog had a population of 8797 in 2014 (down from ...
, whereas the seat of the metropolitanate is in
Debrecen
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according to the founding bull.
History
On 8 June 1912, it was established as
Eparchy
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(Eastern Catholic diocese) of Hajdúdorog, on territory formerly belonging to the Metropolitanate ''sui juris'' of
,
Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov, Latin Metropolitan
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 associate ...
(Hungary), Eparchies of
Gherla, Armenopoli and Szamos-Ujvár,
Mukachevo
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and
Oradea Mare.
According to
Austro-Hungarian
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authorities, a bomb sent by
Ilie Cătărău exploded on 23 February 1914 at the palace of the new Eparchy of Hajdúdorog; 3 people were killed and over 20 wounded.
On 9 April 1934, the eparchy lost territory to Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and Eparchies of
Maramureş and
Oradea Mare (in Romania) and on 5 March 2011 lost more territory to the pre-existing, also Hungarian (Greek) Catholic
Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc.
On 20 March 2015, it was elevated to Archeparchy and Metropolitanate ''sui juris'', with two simultaneously created
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...
Eparchies comprised in its new province:
* the
Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza, split from Hajdúdorog's former territory
* the
Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc, promoting the former
Apostolic Exarchate
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from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and e ...
of Miskolc to diocesan rank.
Special churches
*
Cathedral
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: Istenszülő templomba vezetése Görög katolikus székesegyház, in Hajdúdorog
*
Minor Basilica
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: Görög Katolikus Lelkészi Hivatal Kegytemplom, in
Máriapócs,
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Incumbent Episcopate
; Eparchs (Bishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite) :
*
Antal Papp (1912 – 1913), Apostolic Administrator
*
István Miklósy (23 June 1913 – 30 October 1937)
*
Miklós Dudás,
O.S.B.M.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...
(25 March 1939 – 15 July 1972)
*
Imre Timkó (7 January 1975 – 30 March 1988)
*
Szilárd Keresztes (30 June 1988 – 10 November 2007; ''previously
Auxiliary Bishop and
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...
of
Chunavia 7 January 1975 – 30 June 1988'')
* ''the above
Szilárd Keresztes as
Apostolic Administrator
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10 November 2007 – 5 February 2008)''
* Bishop
Péter Fülöp Kocsis (5 February 2008 – ''20 March 2015 - see below'')
; Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite) :
* Archbishop
Péter Fülöp Kocsis (''see above - 20 March 2015'' – present)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Hungary
The Catholic Church in Hungary or Hungarian Catholic Church ( hu, Magyar Katolikus Egyház) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
According to a 2019 survey by Eurobarometer, 62% of Hunga ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with biography links from incumbent (arch)bishopsVéghseő Tamás: Our Paths. Byzantine Rite Catholics in Hungary
Eastern Catholic dioceses in Hungary
Christian organizations established in 1912
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Hajdudorog
1912 establishments in Austria-Hungary
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
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