Bishopric of Szeged-Csanád
Bishopric of Szeged-Csanád | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Hungary |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét |
Diocesan bishop | László Kiss-Rigó |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Endre Gyulay |
Vicar General | Imre Kiss |
founding | 1030 |
surface | 10,851 km² |
Parishes | 112 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Residents | 887,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics | 360,900 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
proportion of | 40.7% |
Diocesan priest | 103 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious priest | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3.111 |
Permanent deacons | 3 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Friars | 60 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 32 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Hungarian |
cathedral | Votive Church of Our Lady of Hungary |
address | Aradi-Vertanuk tere 2 Post Box 178 6720 Szeged, Magyarorszag |
Website | http://www.szeged-csanad.egyhazmegye.hu |
The Diocese of Szeged - Csanád ( German Diocese of Szegedin-Tschanad ; Latin: Dioecesis Szegediensis-Csanadiensis ), located in Hungary , was established in 1030 as the Diocese of Csanád . This date of foundation can be found in the Pressburger ( Bratislava / Pozson) annals. The founder of the diocese was Saint Stephen , the first Christian king of Hungary, who appointed Saint Gérard as bishop of the newly established diocese in 1030 .
The diocese of Csanád belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét . It covered the area of today's Timiș , Caras-Severin , Arad , Csanád and parts of Csongrád and Békés , and thus an area of 13,713 km².
In the 16th century, during the peasant uprising led by György Dózsa (1514), Bishop Nicholas Csáky was impaled. After the Battle of Mohács (1526) , in which Bishop Franz Csaholy (1514–26) was killed, the diocese fell to Johann Zápolya, an ally of the Turks . In 1552, when the Turks conquered Timisoara and took over the diocese of Csanád, it was almost completely destroyed. Only after the end of the Ottoman occupation and the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) Bishop Ladislaus Nádasdy (1710-30) called the diocese back to life. The largely depopulated country was settled with German colonists by the Swabian migrations. At the time of Bishop Ladislaus Köszeghy (1800–1828) the seminary was founded, Bishop Alexander Csajághy (1851–1860) brought the poor school sisters of Our Lady of Notre Dame monasteries to the diocese, and Alexander Bonnaz (1860–1889) established the boys' seminary .
The seat of the diocese was moved from Timișoara to Szeged no later than June 19, 1931 (other sources: 1923). This was preceded by the establishment of the Timișoara diocese after the Concordat of Romania from the Romanian territories of the diocese.
The construction of Hungary's fourth largest church, the Szeged Cathedral or Votive Church , which began in 1913 but was interrupted by the First World War , was completed in 1930.
On August 5, 1982, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. On May 31, 1993 the diocese, as well as the Archdiocese of Eger , had to cede territory to the newly established Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza .
See also
Web links
- The Catholic Church Archives of Historic Hungary - Segedin-Chanad Diocese Archives
- Entry for the diocese of Szeged-Csanád on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zoltán Kocsik: Episcopul Sfântul Gerard , Gerhardinum Timișoara, accessed on December 16, 2017 (Romanian)
- ^ Joseph Lins: Csanád . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 4, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1908.