The Diocese of Pécs (
Hungarian: ''Pécsi Egyházmegye'', ) is a
Latin Church
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diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic church
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in
Hungary
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. The
Cathedral of Pécs is dedicated to
Saint Peter
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and
Saint Paul.
Secular offices connected to the bishopric
The Bishops of Pécs were
perpetual ispáns of
Baranya (
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
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Bonipert (1009–1036)
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St Maurus (1036–''c.'' 1075)
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Stephen I (''c.'' 1093)
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Simon (''c.'' 1108–''b.'' 1136)
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Nana (''c.'' 1135)
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Macarius I (''b.'' 1138–''b.'' 1143)
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John I John I may refer to:
People
Religious figures
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John I of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505
* Pope John I, P ...
(''b.'' 1143–''c.'' 1148)
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Antimius (''c.'' 1148–''c.'' 1158)
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Macarius II (''b.'' 1162–1186)
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Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán (1186–1218)
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Bartholomew le Gros (1219–1251)
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Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pázmány (1251–1252)
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Job from the kindred Záh (1252–''b.'' 1282)
**''Sede vacante'' (1282–1293)
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Paul Balog (1293–1306)
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Manfred (elected, but not consecrated) (1306)
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Peter I (1306–1314)
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Ladislaus Kórógyi (1314–1345)
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Nicholas Neszmélyi (1346–1360)
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William of Koppenbach (1361–1374)
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Bálint Alsáni (1374–1408)
**''Sede vacante'' (1408–1410)
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John Albeni (1410–1420)
* (1421–1444)
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Andrew Kálnói (1445–1455)
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Nicholas Barius (1455–1459)
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Janus Pannonius (1459–1472)
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Sigismund Ernuszt (1473–1505)
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George Szatmári (1505–1522)
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Szaniszló Várallyai † ( 1541 Appointed – 21 Apr 1548 Died)
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Antun Vrančić (''Antal Verancsics'') † ( 1554 Appointed – 1557 Appointed,
Bishop of Eger)
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György Draskovics † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed – 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
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Mikuláš Telegdy † ( 1579 Appointed – 22 Apr 1586 Died)
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Nikola Stepanić Selnički (1596–1598)
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Johannes Pyber de Gyerkény † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
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Benedikt Vinković † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed – 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
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István Bosnyák † (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed – 23 Sep 1644 Died)
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György Széchényi † (6 May 1647 Appointed – 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
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Pál Hoffmann † (3 Aug 1655 Appointed – 24 Jun 1659 Died)
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Ján Salix O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed – Mar 1668 Died)
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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)
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Mátyás Ignác Radanay † (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed – Apr 1703 Died)
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Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode † (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed – 29 Sep 1732 Died)
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Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (2 Mar 1733 Appointed – 25 Dec 1734 Died)
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Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (15 Nov 1735 Appointed – 18 Aug 1739 Died)
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Zsigmond József Berényi † (30 Sep 1740 Appointed – 25 Sep 1748 Died)
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György Klimó † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed – 2 May 1777 Died)
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Pál László Esterházy † (2 Apr 1781 Appointed – 7 Nov 1799 Died)
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József Király † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed – 17 Jul 1825 Died)
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Ignác Szepesy de Négyes † (11 Jan 1828 Appointed – 16 Jul 1838 Died)
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János Scitovszky † (18 Feb 1839 Appointed – 28 Sep 1849 Appointed,
Archbishop of Esztergom
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)
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György Girk † (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1868 Died)
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Zsigmond Kovács † (25 Jun 1869 Appointed – 25 Jun 1877 Appointed,
Bishop of Veszprém)
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Nándor Dulánszky † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed – 24 Jan 1896 Died)
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Sámuel Hetyey de Eadem † (14 Dec 1897 Appointed – 1 Sep 1903 Died)
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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)
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Ferenc Rogacs † (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded – 20 Feb 1961 Died)
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József Cserháti † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed – 3 Nov 1989 Retired)
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Mihály Mayer (3 Nov 1989 Appointed – 19 Jan 2011 Retired)
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György Udvardy (9 Apr 2011 Appointed – )
Auxiliary bishops
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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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