The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs (
Hungarian: ''Pécsi Egyházmegye'', la, Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis) is a
diocese
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 associa ...
of the
Latin Rite
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of the
Roman Catholic church
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in
Hungary
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. The
Cathedral of Pécs is dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupat ...
and
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
.
Secular offices connected to the bishopric
The Bishops of Pécs were
perpetual ispán A perpetual count ( hu, örökös főispán, la, supremus et perpetuus comes)Nemes 1989, p. 81. was a head or an ''ispán'' of a County (Kingdom of Hungary), county in the Kingdom of Hungary (“Lord Lieutenant”) whose office was either hereditar ...
s of
Baranya Baranya or Baranja may refer to:
* Baranya (region) or Baranja, a region in Hungary and Croatia
* Baranya County, a county in modern Hungary
* Baranya County (former), a county in the historic Kingdom of Hungary
* Baranya, Hungarian name of villag ...
(
Hungarian: ''Baranya vármegye örökös főispánja'',
Latin
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: ''Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes'') from the 16th century until 1777.
List of the bishops of Pécs
*
Bonipert (1009–1036)
*
St Maurus
Maurus (french: Maur; it, Mauro) was the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia (512–584). He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young bo ...
(1036–''c.'' 1075)
*
Stephen I (''c.'' 1093)
*
Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
(''c.'' 1108–''b.'' 1136)
*
Nana
Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
* Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
* Nana ( ...
(''c.'' 1135)
*
Macarius I (''b.'' 1138–''b.'' 1143)
*
John I (''b.'' 1143–''c.'' 1148)
*
Antimius (''c.'' 1148–''c.'' 1158)
*
Macarius II (''b.'' 1162–1186)
*
Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán Kalán may refer to:
* Călan, a town in Romania
* Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán, medieval Hungarian nobleman
{{Disambig, geo, given name ...
(1186–1218)
*
Bartholomew le Gros
Bartholomew le Gros or Bartholomew Grossus ( hu, Gros Bertalan pécsi püspök) was a prelate of French origin in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13th century. He left his homeland for Hungary in the retinue of Yolanda de Courtenay, queen of An ...
(1219–1251)
*
Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pázmány (1251–1252)
*
Job from the kindred Záh (1252–''b.'' 1282)
**''Sede vacante'' (1282–1293)
*
Paul Balog (1293–1306)
*
Manfred (elected, but not consecrated) (1306)
*
Peter I Peter I may refer to:
Religious hierarchs
* Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus
* Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint
* Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholico ...
(1306–1314)
*
Ladislaus Kórógyi (1314–1345)
*
Nicholas Neszmélyi (1346–1360)
*
William of Koppenbach (1361–1374)
*
Bálint Alsáni (1374–1408)
**''Sede vacante'' (1408–1410)
*
John Albeni (1410–1420)
* (1421–1444)
*
Andrew Kálnói (1445–1455)
*
Nicholas Barius (1455–1459)
*
Janus Pannonius
Janus Pannonius ( la, Ioannes Pannonius, hr, Ivan Česmički, hu, Csezmiczei János or ; 29 August 1434 – 27 March 1472) was a Croatian- Hungarian Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Re ...
(1459–1472)
*
Sigismund Ernuszt
Sigismund Ernuszt ( hu, csáktornyai Ernuszt Zsigmond; 1445;– summer 1505) was Bishop of Pécs in the Kingdom of Hungary from 1473 to 1505. Ernuszt was also Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia from 1494 to 1498. He was the son of John Ernu ...
(1473–1505)
*
George Szatmári
George Szatmári de Alsóborsa ( hu, alsóborsai Szatmári György; 1457 – 7 April 1524) was the Primate of Hungary. He was Bishop of Veszprém from 1499 to 1501, of Várad (present-day Oradea in Romania) from 1501 to 1505, of Pécs from ...
(1505–1522)
*
Szaniszló Várallyai † ( 1541 Appointed – 21 Apr 1548 Died)
*
Antun Vrančić (''Antal Verancsics'') † ( 1554 Appointed – 1557 Appointed,
Bishop of Eger)
*
György Draskovics † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed – 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
*
Mikuláš Telegdy † ( 1579 Appointed – 22 Apr 1586 Died)
*
Nikola Stepanić Selnički (1596–1598)
*
Johannes Pyber de Gyerkény † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
*
Benedikt Vinković † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed – 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
*
István Bosnyák † (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed – 23 Sep 1644 Died)
*
György Széchényi † (6 May 1647 Appointed – 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
*
Pál Hoffmann † (3 Aug 1655 Appointed – 24 Jun 1659 Died)
*
Ján Salix O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed – Mar 1668 Died)
*
Ján Gubasóczy † ( 1668 Appointed – 1676 Appointed,
Bishop of Vác
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)
*
Pál Széchényi O.S.P.P.E. † (18 Apr 1678 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
*
Mátyás Ignác Radanay † (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed – Apr 1703 Died)
*
Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode † (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed – 29 Sep 1732 Died)
*
Anton von Thurn und Valsassina
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† (2 Mar 1733 Appointed – 25 Dec 1734 Died)
*
Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (15 Nov 1735 Appointed – 18 Aug 1739 Died)
*
Zsigmond József Berényi † (30 Sep 1740 Appointed – 25 Sep 1748 Died)
*
György Klimó † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed – 2 May 1777 Died)
*
Pál László Esterházy † (2 Apr 1781 Appointed – 7 Nov 1799 Died)
*
József Király † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed – 17 Jul 1825 Died)
*
Ignác Szepesy de Négyes † (11 Jan 1828 Appointed – 16 Jul 1838 Died)
*
János Scitovszky
János Keresztély Scitovszky de Nagykér ( hu, nagykéri Scitovszky János Keresztély; sk, Ján Krstiteľ Scitovský; 1 November 1785 – 19 October 1866) was a Hungarian prelate, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Esztergo ...
† (18 Feb 1839 Appointed – 28 Sep 1849 Appointed,
Archbishop of Esztergom)
*
György Girk † (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1868 Died)
*
Zsigmond Kovács † (25 Jun 1869 Appointed – 25 Jun 1877 Appointed,
Bishop of Veszprém)
*
Nándor Dulánszky † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed – 24 Jan 1896 Died)
*
Sámuel Hetyey de Eadem † (14 Dec 1897 Appointed – 1 Sep 1903 Died)
*
Gyula Zichy † (11 Dec 1905 Appointed – 31 Aug 1925 Appointed,
Archbishop of Kalocsa
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)
*
Ferenc Virág † (27 Mar 1926 Appointed – 2 Mar 1958 Died)
*
Ferenc Rogacs † (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded – 20 Feb 1961 Died)
*
József Cserháti † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed – 3 Nov 1989 Retired)
*
Mihály Mayer
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(3 Nov 1989 Appointed – 19 Jan 2011 Retired)
*
György Udvardy (9 Apr 2011 Appointed – )
Auxiliary bishops
*
József Petheö † (24 July 1797 – 3 July 1809 Died)
References
Sources
* ''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)
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