Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest

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Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
Map of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
Basic data
Rite church Roman Catholic Church in Hungary
Country Hungary
Diocesan bishop Péter Cardinal Erdő
Auxiliary bishop Ferenc Cserháti
György Snell
Gábor Mohos
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Gáspár Ladocsi
founding 1001
surface 1,543 km²
Parishes 155 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 2,078,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 1,249,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 60.1%
Diocesan priest 224 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 153 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 3,313
Permanent deacons 28 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 216 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 394 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Hungarian
cathedral Assumption of Mary and St. Adalbert
Co-cathedral St. Stephen's Basilica
address Prímási és Érseki Hivatal
Mindszenty hercegprímás tér 2
Pf. 25
H-2501 Esztergom, Magyarorszag
Website www.esztergomi-ersekseg.hu/
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Győr
Diocese of Székesfehérvár

The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest ( Latin Archidioecesis Strigoniensis-Budapestinensis , Hungarian Esztergom-Budapesti főegyházmegye ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary with its seat in Esztergom .

It was founded in the winter of 1000 under the name Archdiocese of Gran. On May 31, 1993 it changed its name from Gran (Esztergom) to Esztergom-Budapest. The archbishop is also the primate of Hungary.

The archbishops of Esztergom-Budapest, like the archbishops of Gniezno / Gnesen , Salzburg , Cologne and Prague, hold the honorary title of "born legate" ( Latin legatus natus ). As an outward sign of this position, they are allowed to wear purple for the legates in their archdiocese - a solemn dress that is much older than the purple robe of the cardinals.

See also

Web links

Esztergom Basilica (1838–1846), architect József Hild
Concathedral in Budapest:
St. Stephen's Basilica