List of the Archbishops of Esztergom

The list shows the archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gran (Esztergom), later Esztergom-Budapest, who were also primates of Hungary. The archbishopric was founded in 1001 by King Stephen I and has existed without interruption ever since.

• Dominicus (around 1001/02)
• Sebastian (around 1005)
• Anastasus Astrik (around 1007 – around 1026)
• Benedict (around 1046)
• Dersfi Dezső (around 1067)
• Nehemias (around 1075)
• Stephan (around 1093)
• Acha (around 1094)
• Serafin (around 1095–1104)
• Hartwick (around 1116)
• Marcell (around 1119)
• Felix (around 1127)
• Makár (around 1142)
• Kökényes (around 1146)
• Martyrius (around 1156)
• Luke (around 1160)
• Miklós (around 1181)
• Job (around 1202)
• Johann Merániai (around 1215)
• Salánky
• Gergely (1223-1241)
• Mátyás Rátót (from 1241)
• István Báncsa (from 1243)
• Benedict (from 1254)
• Fölöp Szentgróti (from 1262)
• Lodomerius (Ladomér) (1279–1298) (also Bishop of Várad since 1268)
• Gergely (from 1298)
• Mihály Bői (from 1303)
• Tamás (from 1306)
• Boleslaw of Tost (1321-1328)
• Telegdi (from 1330)
• Miklós Vásári (from 1350)
• Miklós Keszei (from 1358)
• Thomas Telegdi (from 1367)
• Johann de Surdis (from 1376)
• Demeter (from 1378)
• János Kanizsay (1387 – around 1396)
• Georg von Hohenlohe (1418–1423) ( administrator )
• Johann von Borsnitz (from 1420)
• György Pálóczi (1423–1438)
• Dénes Szécsi (Desiderius Széchy, Dionysius) (1440–1465) (also Bishop of Neutra (1438–1439) and Bishop of Erlau )
• Johann Vitez (János Vitéz) (1465–1472) (also Bishop of Wardein )
• Johann Beckenschlager (1473–1487) (also Archbishop of Salzburg and Eger )
• Johann Aragoniai
• Hippolyt Este (1487–1497)
• Tamás Bakócz (1498–1521) (also Bishop of Raab (1486–1491))
• Georg Szakmary (György Szatmári) (1521–1524) (also Bishop of Veszprém (1499–1501), Wardein (1501–1505) and Fünfkirchen )
• László Szalkai (1524–1526) (also Bishop of Waitzen (1513–1522) and Erlau )
• 1543-1683 the Bishop seat according Nagyszombat postponed
• Pál Várdai (1526– October 12, 1549)
• György Martinuzzi (from 1551)
• Nicolaus Olaho (1553–1568) (also Archbishop of Eger and Bishop of Agram )
• Antun Vrančić (October 17, 1569– June 15, 1573)
• Miklós Telegdy (1580 to April 22, 1586)
• Márton Pethe (1598-1605)
• Ferenc Forgách (1607-1616)
• Péter Pázmány , SJ (October 28, 1616 to March 19, 1637)
• Imre Lósy (1637-1642)
• György Lippay (1642–1666)
• György Szelepcsényi (1666–1686)
• György VII. Széchényi (1686–1695)
• Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch (1695–1707)
• Christian August von Sachsen-Zeitz (1707–1725) (also Bishop of Raab )
• Imre Esterházy (1725-1745)
• Miklós Csáky (1751–1757)
• Ferenc Barkóczy (1761–1765)

Vacancy 1765-1776

• József Batthyány (May 20, 1776 to October 23, 1799)

Vacancy 1799-1808

• Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este (1808–1809)

Vacancy 1809-1819

• Sándor Rudnay Divékújfalusi (December 17, 1819– September 13, 1831)

Vacancy 1831-1838

• József Kopácsy (1838–1847)
• János Kritel Scitovszky (September 28, 1849– October 19, 1866)
• János Simor (February 22, 1867– January 23, 1891)
• Kolos Ferenc Vaszary , OSB (December 13, 1891– January 1, 1913)
• János Csernoch (December 13, 1912– July 25, 1927)
• Jusztinián György Serédi , OSB (November 30, 1927– March 29, 1945)
• József Mindszenty (October 2, 1945– December 18, 1973)
• László Lékai (February 12, 1976– June 30, 1986)
• László Paskai , OFM (March 3, 1987– December 7, 2002)
• Péter Erdő (since December 7, 2002)

literature

• Margit Beke: Esztergomi érsekek 1001–2003 [The Archbishops of Esztergom 1001–2003]. Szent István Társulat, Budapest 2003. ISBN 9789633614723 . Table of Contents (pdf)