The Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog () is a

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archeparchy of the

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that is in

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with the

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. The archeparchy is the

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of its

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which covers the whole of

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. The archeparch (equivalent to an

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in the Latin Church) is also, ''

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'', the

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of the metropolis. The

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of the

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is the Cathedral of the Presentation of Mary in the city of

Hajdúdorog Hajdúdorog () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Hajdúdorog had a population of 8,797 in 2014 (down from 8,888 in 2006), with a population density of 8,997 people per km2. The city is 130 ...

History

On 8 June 1912, it was established as

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(Eastern Catholic diocese) of Hajdúdorog, on territory formerly belonging to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, the Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Prešov, the Latin Metropolitan

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(Hungary), the Eparchies of Gherla, Armenopoli and Szamos-Ujvár,

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and Oradea Mare. According to

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authorities, a bomb sent by

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exploded on 23 February 1914 at the palace of the new

Eparchy of Hajdúdorog Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure ...

; 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

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. On 20 March 2015, it was elevated to Archeparchy and Metropolitanate ''sui juris'', with two simultaneously created

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Eparchies comprised in its new province: * the

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, split from Hajdúdorog's former territory * the Eparchy of Miskolc, promoting the former

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of Miskolc to diocesan rank.

Special churches

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: Istenszülő templomba vezetése Görög katolikus székesegyház, in Hajdúdorog *

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: Görög Katolikus Lelkészi Hivatal Kegytemplom, in Máriapócs, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

List of eparchs

; Eparchs (Bishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite) : * Antal Papp (1912 – 1913), Apostolic Administrator * István Miklósy (23 June 1913 – 30 October 1937) * Miklós Dudás,

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(25 March 1939 – 15 July 1972) *

Imre Timkó Imre Timkó (13 August 1920 – 30 March 1988) was a Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog from 1972 to 1988 and Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 19 ...

(7 January 1975 – 30 March 1988) *

Szilárd Keresztes Szilárd Keresztes (born July 19, 1932, in Nyíracsád, Hungary) is a Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop. He had been Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1975 to 2008. Life He studied philosop ...

(30 June 1988 – 10 November 2007; ''previously

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and

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of Chunavia 7 January 1975 – 30 June 1988'') * ''the above

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10 November 2007 – 5 February 2008)'' * Bishop

Péter Fülöp Kocsis Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in Szeged, Hungary) is the metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog and the head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church. Biography Metropolitan Fülöp studied philosophy and theology ...

(5 February 2008 – ''20 March 2015 - see below'') ; Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite) : * Archbishop

(''see above - 20 March 2015'' – present)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with biography links from incumbent (arch)bishops

Véghseő Tamás: Our Paths. Byzantine Rite Catholics in Hungary
Eastern Catholic dioceses in Hungary Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Christian organizations established in 1912 1912 establishments in Austria-Hungary {{EasternCatholic-diocese-stub

History

Special churches

List of eparchs

See also

References

Sources and external links