Prince Primate (of Hungary)
Prince Primate of Hungary ( ung. Hercegprímás ) was a title that the Archbishops of Gran used until 1951.
history
Since 1715, the Archbishops of Gran were also imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and were therefore allowed to use the title of Prince Primate (Princeps Primas Hungariae). The use of the title was enshrined in the second article of the law (1715: 2) of the year 1715 in the Hungarian constitution. The thanks of the estates to the emperor Karl VI. ( III. Károly as King of Hungary ) was:
- "Status et ordines Suae Majestati Sacratissimae referunt gratias, quod futuros moderni Domini Archi-Episcopi Strigoniensis in officio successores dignitate Sacri Romani Imperii principis condecorare dignata est."
- "The secular and spiritual classes thank Your Most Holy Majesty for having the grace to honor the future successors of the current Archbishop of Gran with the dignity of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire."
The first holder of the title was Christian August von Sachsen-Zeitz (1666–1725) in his capacity as Archbishop of Gran. But even when the Holy Roman Empire fell in 1806, the Archbishops of Gran continued the title in uninterrupted order. After the Second World War , when Hungary became a “ People's Republic ”, the communist rulers banned the use of this title by law. Cardinal József Mindszenty was the last prince primate. Even Pope Pius XII. deleted the title, which has not been used in Hungary since then.
Since then, the Archbishops of Gran have once again used the traditional title “ Primate of Hungary”, which Pope Nicholas III had already given in 1279 . in agreement with the Hungarian King Ladislaus IV .
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- ↑ In 1714, Emperor Karl VI. the title "Prince Primate" for all successors as a permanent title.