Miskolc Eparchy
Miskolc Eparchy | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Hungarian Greek Catholic Church |
Country | Hungary |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog |
Diocesan bishop | Atanáz Orosz |
Apostolic Exarch Emeritus | Szilárd Keresztes |
founding | 1924 |
surface | 10,887 km² |
Parishes | 62 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
Catholics | 56,200 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
Diocesan priest | 70 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
Catholics per priest | 803 |
rite | Byzantine rite |
Liturgical language |
Hungarian Greek Ruthenian |
cathedral | Greek Catholic Cathedral in Búza Square |
address | Ady Endre et al. 8 H-3744 Mucsony Magyarország |
Website | http://migorkat.hu/ |
The Eparchy Miskolc ( Latin Eparchia Miskolcensis ) is a Greek Catholic diocese in Hungary unified with the Roman Catholic Church .
history
As the Apostolic Exarchate Miskolc ( Latin Apostolicus Exarchatus Miskolcensis ), the eparchy was established on June 4, 1924 for the Ruthenian Greek Catholics in Hungary. It is located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in the northeast of the country. The Ruthenians , who originally held their liturgy in Church Slavonic , soon switched to Hungarian, so that from 1940 the administration was with the Bishop of Hajdúdorog .
On May 2, 2008, the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church received a joint head again with the appointment of Bishop Fülöp Kocsis as Bishop of Hajdúdorog and Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc. Pope Benedict XVI appointed his own exarch on March 5, 2011, Atanáz Orosz .
With the reorganization of the Greek Catholic Church in Hungary, Pope Francis elevated the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc to the rank of an eparchy on March 20, 2015 and, as a suffragan diocese , made it subordinate to the Hajdúdorog Archeparchy , which was elevated to the status of a metropolitan area .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Provvedimenti sulla Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Ungherese. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 20, 2015, accessed March 20, 2015 (Italian).