Archdiocese of Veszprém

Archdiocese of Veszprém
Basic data
Country	Hungary
Diocesan bishop	György Udvardy
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Gyula Márfi
founding	1009
surface	6,920 km²
Parishes	180 (2010 / AP2011 )
Residents	461,000 (2010 / AP2011 )
Catholics	336,000 (2010 / AP2011 )
proportion of	72.9%
Diocesan priest	97 (2010 / AP2011 )
Religious priest	22 (2010 / AP2011 )
Catholics per priest	2,824
Permanent deacons	12 (2010 / AP2011 )
Friars	24 (2010 / AP2011 )
Religious sisters	22 (2010 / AP2011 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Hungarian
cathedral	St. Michael
address	Vár utca 18 Pf. 109 H-8200 Veszprém
Website	veszpremiersekseg.hu/
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Kaposvár Diocese of Szombathely

The in Hungary located Archdiocese of Veszprém ( lat. : Archidioecesis Veszprimiensis ) was already in the year 1009 founded and counted 1,949 703,198 Catholics (80.4%) in 329 parishes with 440 diocesan priests and 183 religious priests .

On May 31, 1993, the new diocese of Kaposvár was established on part of his diocese and Veszprém was raised to the status of archbishopric and metropolitan seat for the dioceses of Szombathely and Kaposvár. Until then it was under the control of the Esztergom-Budapest Church Province .

See also

• Veszprémvölgy Monastery
• List of the bishops of Veszprém
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• List of former Catholic dioceses

Web links

Commons : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Veszprém (Hungarian)
• Entry on Archdiocese of Veszprém on catholic-hierarchy.org

Cathedral of St. Michael in Veszprém