Archdiocese of Eger

Archdiocese of Eger
Basic data
Country	Hungary
Diocesan bishop	Csaba Ternyák
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus	Istvan Katona
Vicar General	István Katona Zoltán Pál Mándy
founding	1004
surface	11,500 km²
Parishes	310 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,264,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	692,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	54.7%
Diocesan priest	171 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	29 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	3,460
Permanent deacons	14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	35 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Hungarian
cathedral	St. John and St. Michael
Website	www.eger.egyhazmegye.hu
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza Diocese of Vác

The Archdiocese of Eger ( German  Erlau , Latin Archidioecesis Agriensis , Hungarian Egri főegyházmegye ) located in Hungary was founded as a diocese as early as the 10th century and on August 9, 1804 achieved the rank of archbishopric .

The ecclesiastical province Eger extended at this time on areas of today's countries Hungary , Slovakia , Romania and Ukraine . Suffragan dioceses at that time were Spiš , Rosenau , Kaschau and Szatmár . In 1930 the diocese of Szatmár became part of the Oradea Mare diocese . In 1977 a church organization was established for today's Slovakia , and the three dioceses Spiš, Rosenau and Košice were spun off into the newly established church province of Trnava .

In 1993 Eger finally received two suffragan bishoprics again, Debrecen-Nyíregyháza and Vác ; the ecclesiastical province today includes northeastern Hungary . The Archbishop of Eger is supported by an auxiliary bishop .

Web links

• Entry about the Archdiocese of Eger on catholic-hierarchy.org

• http://www.staff.u-szeged.hu/~capitul/topogr/eger_ppk.htm (Hungarian)
• http://lexikon.katolikus.hu/E/egri%20p%C3%BCsp%C3%B6ks%C3%A9g.html (Hungarian)

The Cathedral of Eger

See also

• List of the Archbishops of Eger
• Roman Catholic Church in Hungary
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses