Bishopric of Székesfehérvár

Bishopric of Székesfehérvár
Basic data
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Esztergom-Budapest
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
Diocesan bishop	Antal Spányi
founding	1777
surface	5,170 km²
Dean's offices	5 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Parishes	149 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents	825,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics	413,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of	50.1%
Diocesan priest	76 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest	9 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest	4,859
Permanent deacons	9 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars	9 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters	103 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Hungarian
cathedral	St. Stephen's Cathedral (Szent István király)
address	Varoshaz ter 5, Pf. 178 H-8001 Szekesfehervar
Website	http://www.szfvar.katolikus.hu/

The Bishopric Székesfehérvár ( German Bishopric Stuhlweißburg , Hungarian Székesfehérvári egyházmegye , Latin Dioecesis Albae Regalensis ) is a Hungarian bishopric that is subordinate to the Archbishopric Esztergom-Budapest.

The diocese was founded on June 16, 1777 from parts of the Archdiocese of Gran in northeastern Transdanubia under Pope Pius VI. and Queen Maria Theresa erected.

structure

The diocese consists of five deaneries:

1. Deanery Székesfehérvár
2. Deanery Vértes
3. Buda Deanery
4. deanery Dunament
5. Deanery Mezõföld

Bishops of Székesfehérvár

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Székesfehérvár

• Ignatius Nagy of Sellye (Séllyei Nagy Ignác) (June 23, 1777 - November 5, 1789)
• Nicolas Milassin OFM (June 21, 1790 - July 2, 1811)
• József Vurum (September 23, 1816 - April 19, 1822) (afterwards Bishop of Oradea Mare and of Nitra )
• János (Johannes) Horváth (September 30, 1831 - January 16, 1835)
• Ladislaus Barkóczy (May 19, 1837 -)
• Emerich Farkas (September 5, 1851 -)
• Vincent Jekelfalussy (February 22, 1867 - May 15, 1874) (previously Bishop of Spiš )
• Ferdinand Dulanski (September 17, 1875 - June 25, 1877) (then Bishop of Pécs )
• János Pauer (February 28, 1879 -)
• Ottokár Prohászka (December 11, 1905 - April 2, 1927)
• Lajos Shvoy (June 20, 1927 - January 2, 1968)
• Imre Kisberk (February 2, 1974 - April 5, 1982)
• Gyula Szakos (April 5, 1982 - September 13, 1991)
• Jusztin Nándor Takács OCD (September 13, 1991 - April 3, 2003)
• Antal Spányi (April 4, 2003 to date)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Hungary

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Székesfehérvár  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry for the diocese of Székesfehérvár on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Viczián János: Horváth János . In: Magyar Katolikus Lexikon