The Diocese of Szeged–Csanád () is a

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of the

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located in the cities of

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

and

Csanád Csanád, also Chanadinus, or Cenad, was the first head ''(comes)'' of Csanád County in the Kingdom of Hungary in the first decades of the 11th century. Csanád defeated and killed Ajtony who had ruled over the region now known as Banat (in R ...

in the

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of Kalocsa-Kecskemét in Hungary. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hungarians in

. The Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua is based in

Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; ; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. Highway 44, 47 ...

History

* 1030: Established as Diocese of Csanád by King

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* August 5, 1982: Renamed as Diocese of Szeged – Csanád

List of bishops

* 1030–1046 St

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* 1046–1053 Maurus * 1053–1083 ''two unknown bishops'' * 1083–1113

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* fl. 1138 Bestertius * fl. 1142

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* 1156–1169

(elected) * 1188–1192

Saul Győr Saul from the kindred Győr (; died early 1202) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. He was Bishop of Csanád (now Cenad in Romania) between 1188 and 1192, then Archbishop of Kalocsa from 1192 until h ...

* 1192–1193

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* 1198–1201

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* 1202–1228

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* 1229–1254

Bulcsú Lád Bulcsú from the kindred Lád (, also known as Blaise or Basil; died after 1254) was a Hungarian Catholic prelate in the 13th century, who served as Bishop of Csanád between 1229 and 1254. Prior to that he functioned as Provost of Győr from 122 ...

* 1259–1275 Briccius * 1275–1293

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* 1298–1307 Anthony I * 1307–1332 Benedict * 1332–1343 Jakab Piancenzai * 1343–1344 István II Harcsáki (Büki) * 1344

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* 1345–1350 Gergely II Kapronczai * 1350–1358 Tamás I Telegdi * 1359–1360 Gergely III Lendvai (Fugyi) * 1360–1373 Domonkos Bebek * 1373–1375 Miklós I * 1377–1379 Pál II Péterfia * 1379–1380 Tamás II * 1380–1386 János II Czudar * 1386–1395 János III * 1395–1397 Lukács I Órévi * 1397–1402 Gergely IV Szeri Pósafi * 1403–1423 Dózsa Marczalli * 1423–1443 László I Marczalli ** 1434–1438 Albert I Kerolti * 1438–1457 Péter I Remetei Himfi * 1457–1466 Albert II Hangácsi * 1466–1493 János IV Szokoli * 1493–1500 Lukács II Szegedi Baratin * 1500–1514 Miklós II Körösszegi Csáki * 1514–1526 Ferenc I Csaholi * 1526–1529 János V Musinai Gerván * 1529–1537 János VI Bonzagnó * 1537–1552 János VII Barlabássy * 1553–1554 Ferenc II Medgyesi Székely * 1556–1558 György I Bódy * 1559–1561 Péter II Kapronczay Paulinus * 1561–1562 János VIII Kolozsváry * 1562–1563 András Dudich * 1563–1572 Gergely V Bornemissza * 1572–1582 Boldizsár Persei Melegh * 1582–1587 István III Mathisy * 1587–1597 Pál III Szegedy * 1598–1608 Faustus Verancsics * 1608–1623 Matthias I Herovich * 1623–1625 Emmerich I Lósy * 1625–1637 György II Dubovszky * 1637–1643 János IX Szederkényi Püsky * 1643 György III Pohronczi Szelepcsényi * 1643–1644 György IV Széchenyi * 1644–1648 Zsigmond I Szenttamási Zsongor * 1648–1650 Matthias II Alsőlelóczi Tarnóczy * 1651–1652 István IV Rohonczy * 1653–1657 Tamás III Erdődy Pálffy * 1658–1672 Jácint Macripodari * 1672–1678 Ferdinand Erdődy Pálffy * 1678–1681 János X Kéry * 1681–1685 Miklós III Galánthai Balogh * 1685–1686 György V Fenessy oder Fényessy * 1686–1689 Mihály I Lipótfalvy Dvornikovics * 1689–1699 István V Telekessy * 1699 Ferenc III Jany * 1699–1707 István VI Dolny * 1708- Zsigmond II Ordody * 1710 Ferenc IV Lapsánszky * 1710–1730 László II Nádasdy * 1730–1739 Adalbert von Falkenstein * 1739–1750 Nikola Stanislavič * 1750–1777 Franz Anton Engl Graf von Wagrain * 1777–1798 Emmerich Christovich * 1800–1828 Ladislaus Kőszeghy von Remete * 1829–1832 Anton Török * 1834–1850 József Lonovics ** 1848–1849

Mihály Horváth Mihály Horváth (20 October 1809, Szentes Szentes () is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád county, near the Tisza, Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most ...

(elected) * 1851–1860 Sándor Csajághy * 1860–1889 Sándor II Bonnaz * 1890–1907 Alexander III Dessewffy Cserneki és Tarkeői * 1908–1911 János XI Csernoch * 1911–1943 Gyula Móri Glattfelder * 1943–1944 Sándor IV Raskó (

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) * 1944–1964 Endre II Hamvas * 1964–1969 József II Ijjas (Apostolic Administrator) * 1969–1987 József III Udvardy * 1987–2006 Endre Gyulay * 2006 László Kiss-Rigó

Notes

References

GCatholic.org

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szeged-Csanad, Roman Catholic Diocese Of 1030 establishments in Europe Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 11th century Roman Catholic dioceses in Hungary Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kalocsa–Kecskemét

History

List of bishops

See also

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