Diocese of Pécs
Diocese of Pécs | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Hungary |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mihály Mayer |
founding | 1009 |
surface | 8,196 km² |
Parishes | 194 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 660,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 436,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 66% |
Diocesan priest | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,589 |
Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Hungarian |
cathedral | St. Peter and Paul |
address | Pécsi Egyházmegye P.O. Box 113 Szent Istvan-ter 23 H-7624 Pécs |
Website | http://www.pecs.egyhazmegye.hu |
The in Hungary located Diocese Pécs and bishopric Pécs ( Latin Diocesis Quinque Ecclesiensis , Hungarian Pécsi egyházmegye ) in Pecs was founded in the year 1009 and 1135 of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric Kalocsa assumed.
history
The genesis of the diocese is controversial. It is likely that King Stephen I of Hungary founded the diocese in 1009 after the subjugation of the " black Magyars " (Latin: Ungri Nigri ). Since then, former areas of the defeated and Christianized Magyars have belonged to their property. Its borders lay on a line between the places Zemogny and Tápé on the one hand, between the rivers Kapos and Almás and a Roman aqueduct between the rivers Danube and Save on the other. It thus extended over the areas of the former Tolna , Baranya and Pozsega counties . The bishops of Pécs were suffragan bishops of the Archdiocese of Esztergom . At the same time, due to their ecclesiastical dignity, they were traditionally “Erbobergespan” (Latin: Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes ) of the Baranya County .
Basilica and Bishop's Palace
The cathedral is dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul and is located in the center of the city. Its foundation walls date from the end of the 4th century. The church that preceded today's cathedral was considered one of the four largest structures of this type in Europe. It was raised to a minor basilica in 1991 by Pope John Paul II . Her earlier sculptures and reliefs are now exhibited in the Cathedral Museum and the Lapidarium . A statue of the composer Franz Liszt stands on the balcony of the nearby Bishop's Palace . Also nearby is the library of Bishop György Klimó, one of the most important parts of Hungarian and European cultural history.
See also
Notes / individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno von Querfurt : Vita quinque fratrum eremitarum; Vita vel passio Benedicti et Iohannis sociorumque suorum .
- ↑ Alfried Wieczorek, Hans-Martin Hinz (Ed.): European Center around 1000. Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1544-8 , ISBN 3-8062-1545-6 .
- ^ H. Wickham Steed, Walter Alison Phillips, David Hannay: A short history of Austria, Hungary an Poland . The Enzyclopaedia Britannica Company LTD, London 1914
- ↑ Note: The Hungarian name is: " Baranya vármegye örökös főispánja "
- ↑ Zoltán Fallenbüchl: Magyarország főispánjai 1526-1848 . Argumentum, Budapest 1994
- ^ List of all Basilica minor worldwide on the website of gcatholic.org
- ↑ Note: in Szepessy Ignác street
literature
- Gyula László: The Magyars. Their life and civilization. Corvina, Budapest 1997 ISBN 963-13-4807-5 .