Kalocsa-Kecskemét (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Astricus † ( 1000 Appointed - 1036 Died)
Saul de Hédervar † ( 1192 Appointed - 1202 Died)
Johanes von Meran † ( 1202 Appointed - 6 Oct 1205 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Bertoldo di Andechs-Merania † ( 1206 Appointed - 27 Mar 1218 Appointed, Patriarch of Aquileia)
Ugrinus † ( 1219 Appointed - 1241 Died)
Benedek † (15 Jul 1243 Confirmed - 25 Feb 1254 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Smaragdus de Sambok † ( 1257 Appointed - 1263 Died)
Benedek † ( 1265 Appointed - 1266 Died)
István † (11 Dec 1266 Appointed - )
Ján † (13 Jun 1279 Appointed - Nov 1301 Died)
István † (1 May 1302 Appointed - 1306 Died)
Vince † (8 Jul 1306 Appointed - )
Ladislav (László) , O.F.M. † (15 Aug 1317 Appointed - 24 Mar 1343 Died)
Belijan † ( 1324 Appointed - 26 Sep 1324 Appointed, Archbishop of Split (Spalato))
László Kobal † (24 Mar 1343 Appointed - 1345 Died)
István Harcsáki † (2 Mar 1345 Appointed - 1349 Died)
Miklós Vásári † ( 1349 Appointed - 11 Jan 1350 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Dionizije Lacković † (11 Jan 1350 Appointed - )
Miklós Keszei † (4 Aug 1356 Appointed - 8 Oct 1358 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Tamás Telegdi † (25 Aug 1358 Appointed - 10 Feb 1367 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
István de Insula, O.E.S.A. † (10 Feb 1367 Appointed - 1379 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme})
Lajos † ( 1383 Appointed - 1391 Died)
Miklós Bebek † (19 Dec 1391 Appointed - 1399 Died)
Ivan de Gara † (28 Mar 1401 Appointed - 1403 Resigned)
Crisogono de Dominis † ( 1403 Appointed - )
Andrea dei Benzi di Gualdo (Brenti) † (4 Jan 1413 Appointed - 1419 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Symbalia (Cembalo, Balaclawa))
Kármán Scolari † (23 Feb 1420 Appointed - 1423 Died)
Giovanni Buondelmonti † (5 Nov 1424 Appointed - 1447 Died)
Matthias de Labischino † (8 Jul 1449 Appointed - )
Rafael Herczog † (31 Aug 1450 Appointed - 1456 Died)
István Várdai † (25 Feb 1457 Appointed - 22 Feb 1471 Died)
Gábor † (24 May 1471 Appointed - 1479 Died)
György † (1 Feb 1479 Appointed - 1480 Died)
Péter Várdai † (16 Feb 1481 Appointed - 1501 Died)
László Geréb † (14 Feb 1502 Appointed - 11 Dec 1503 Died)
Gregor Frangipani † (11 Dec 1503 Appointed - 1530 Died)
Pál Tomory, O.F.M. Obs. † (4 Feb 1523 Appointed - 29 Aug 1526 Died)
János Ország de Guth † ( 1527 Appointed - 1529 Resigned)
Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. † ( 1530 Appointed - 1543 Died)
György Drašković † (30 Apr 1582 Appointed - 21 Jan 1587 Died)
János Kutasy † ( 1596 Appointed - 29 Jan 1597 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Márton Pethe de Hetes † (15 Dec 1600 Appointed - 3 Oct 1605 Died)
István Szuhay † (5 Oct 1607 Appointed - 9 Jun 1608 Died)
Demetrii Napragyi † (27 Jan 1610 Appointed - 5 Mar 1619 Died)
Valentin Lépes † ( 1619 Appointed - 6 May 1623 Died)
János Telegdy † ( 1623 Appointed - 1647 Died)
Giovanni Pusky † (14 Feb 1650 Appointed - 1659 Died)
Petar Petretić † (3 Aug 1667 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1667 Died)
György Széchényi † (18 Apr 1678 Appointed - 2 Sep 1686 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lipót † (6 Mar 1690 Appointed - 22 Aug 1695 Confirmed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. † (1 Jul 1697 Confirmed - 22 May 1710 Died)
Imre Csáky † (19 Nov 1714 Appointed - 28 Aug 1732 Died)
Gabriel Patačić † (28 Sep 1733 Appointed - 5 Dec 1745 Died)
Miklós József Csáky † (4 Sep 1747 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1751 Confirmed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Franjo Klobusiczky † (20 Dec 1751 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1760 Died)
József Batthyány † (15 Dec 1760 Confirmed - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Ádám Patačić de Zajezda † (16 Sep 1776 Confirmed - 19 Jul 1784 Died)
László Kollonitz † (10 Mar 1788 Confirmed - 23 Apr 1817 Died)
Péter Klobusiczky † (19 Apr 1822 Confirmed - 2 Jul 1843 Died)
Ferenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-Fogaras † (24 Nov 1845 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1851 Died)
Jozef Kunszt † (15 Mar 1852 Appointed - 5 Jan 1866 Died)
József Lonovics † (27 Nov 1866 Appointed - 13 Mar 1867 Died)
Lajos Haynald † (17 May 1867 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1891 Died)
György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) † (17 Dec 1891 Appointed - 11 Aug 1904 Died)
Gyula Városy † (11 Dec 1905 Appointed - 28 Oct 1910 Died)
János Csernoch † (20 Apr 1911 Confirmed - 13 Dec 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Lipót Árpád Várady † (25 May 1914 Appointed - 18 Feb 1923 Died)
Gyula Zichy † (31 Aug 1925 Appointed - 20 May 1942 Died)
Gyula Glattfelder † (24 Sep 1942 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
József Grősz † (7 May 1943 Appointed - 3 Oct 1961 Died)
Endre Hamvas † (15 Sep 1964 Appointed - 10 Jan 1969 Retired)
József Ijjas † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed - 5 Jun 1987 Retired)
László Dankó † (5 Jun 1987 Appointed - 25 Jun 1999 Died)
Balázs Bábel (25 Jun 1999 Succeeded - )

Date	Event	From	To
Archdiocese of Kalocsa
1000	Erected		Archdiocese of Kalocsa (erected)
1135	Elevated		Archdiocese of Kalocsa (became a Metropolitan)
10 February 1923	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Kalocsa	Apostolic Administration of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska (erected)
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Kalocsa (Bogyiszló) Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale) (Hard)	Diocese of Pécs
31 May 1993	Territory Added	Diocese of Pécs (Dávod, Püspökpuszta, Dunafalva, Homorud, Sárhát, Sárosd, Szabadságpuszta, and Riha-Elesd) Diocese of Vác (Kecskemét)	Archdiocese of Kalocsa
Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
31 May 1993	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Kalocsa	Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Kalocsa

1950 606,000 880,000 68.9% 357 45 402 1,507 72 694 207 ap1951

1970 210,000 263,982 79.6% 148 148 1,418 81 ap1971

1980 218,529 259,171 84.3% 107 107 2,042 77 ap1981

1990 200,474 241,109 83.1% 92 3 95 2,110 1 3 77 ap1991

Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

1999 398,000 537,084 74.1% 99 1 100 3,980 7 1 84 81 ap2000

2000 412,000 555,980 74.1% 100 100 4,120 9 85 79 ap2001

2001 422,406 557,112 75.8% 93 93 4,542 10 79 76 ap2002

2002 421,314 555,340 75.9% 91 91 4,629 10 95 75 ap2003

2003 419,790 553,330 75.9% 95 95 4,418 11 85 138 ap2004

2004 379,072 546,345 69.4% 91 1 92 4,120 11 1 85 138 ap2005

2006 379,072 546,345 69.4% 102 1 103 3,680 11 1 83 138 ap2007

2011 371,833 541,005 68.7% 102 1 103 3,610 12 1 59 136 ap2012

2013 368,755 536,409 68.7% 108 2 110 3,352 11 2 51 127 ap2014

2016 364,996 530,565 68.8% 101 2 103 3,543 13 2 43 127 ap2017

2019 360,317 523,793 68.8% 104 104 3,464 11 36 127 ap2020

2021 357,459 519,638 68.8% 102 102 3,504 13 30 127 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Kalocsa
1950	606,000	880,000	68.9%	357	45	402	1,507		72	694	207	ap1951
1970	210,000	263,982	79.6%	148		148	1,418				81	ap1971
1980	218,529	259,171	84.3%	107		107	2,042				77	ap1981
1990	200,474	241,109	83.1%	92	3	95	2,110	1	3		77	ap1991
Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
1999	398,000	537,084	74.1%	99	1	100	3,980	7	1	84	81	ap2000
2000	412,000	555,980	74.1%	100		100	4,120	9		85	79	ap2001
2001	422,406	557,112	75.8%	93		93	4,542	10		79	76	ap2002
2002	421,314	555,340	75.9%	91		91	4,629	10		95	75	ap2003
2003	419,790	553,330	75.9%	95		95	4,418	11		85	138	ap2004
2004	379,072	546,345	69.4%	91	1	92	4,120	11	1	85	138	ap2005
2006	379,072	546,345	69.4%	102	1	103	3,680	11	1	83	138	ap2007
2011	371,833	541,005	68.7%	102	1	103	3,610	12	1	59	136	ap2012
2013	368,755	536,409	68.7%	108	2	110	3,352	11	2	51	127	ap2014
2016	364,996	530,565	68.8%	101	2	103	3,543	13	2	43	127	ap2017
2019	360,317	523,793	68.8%	104		104	3,464	11		36	127	ap2020
2021	357,459	519,638	68.8%	102		102	3,504	13		30	127	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bertoldo di Andechs-Merania † (Archbishop: 1206 to 27 Mar 1218)
Jean de Aramiam † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Aug 1515)
János Bárd † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1950 to 1961; Apostolic Administrator: Oct 1961 to 10 Jan 1964)
József Batthyány † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1760 to 20 May 1776)
Miklós Bebek † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1391 to 1399)
Imrich Bende †
Andrea dei Benzi di Gualdo (Brenti) † (Archbishop: 4 Jan 1413 to 1419)
Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović † (Priest: 24 Jun 1897 to Feb 1923)
Giovanni Buondelmonti † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1424 to 1447)
Alessandro Csajàghy † (Deacon: 20 Sep 1833; Priest: 21 Sep 1833 to 5 Sep 1851)
Imre Csáky † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1714 to 28 Aug 1732)
Miklós József Csáky † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1747 to 15 Nov 1751)
György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1891 to 11 Aug 1904)
János Csernoch † (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1911 to 13 Dec 1912)
László Dankó † (Apostolic Administrator: 3 Mar 1987; Archbishop: 5 Jun 1987 to 25 Jun 1999)
Crisogono de Dominis † (Archbishop: 1403)
György Drašković † (Archbishop: 30 Apr 1582 to 21 Jan 1587)
Franz Frangipane, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 1530 to 1543)
Gregor Frangipani † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1503 to 1530)
Ivan de Gara † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1401 to 1403)
Janos de Gara, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Sep 1494)
László Geréb † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1502 to 11 Dec 1503)
György Girk † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Sep 1838 to 10 Mar 1853)
Gyula Glattfelder † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1942 - Did Not Take Effect)
Károly Gombos † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1948 to 12 Nov 1982)
József Grősz † (Archbishop: 7 May 1943 to 3 Oct 1961)
Ján Gubasóczy (Gubašóci) †
Endre Hamvas † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1964 to 10 Jan 1969)
István Harcsáki † (Archbishop: 2 Mar 1345 to 1349)
Lajos Haynald † (Archbishop: 17 May 1867 to 4 Jul 1891)
Saul de Hédervar † (Archbishop: 1192 to 1202)
Rafael Herczog † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1450 to 1456)
Gyözö Horváth † (Priest: 24 Jun 1890; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Mar 1912 to 19 Dec 1944)
József Ijjas † (Archbishop: 10 Jan 1969 to 5 Jun 1987)
István de Insula, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 10 Feb 1367 to 1379)
Miklós Keszei † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1356 to 8 Oct 1358)
Franjo Klobusiczky † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1751 to 6 Apr 1760)
Péter Klobusiczky † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1822 to 2 Jul 1843)
László Kobal † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1343 to 1345)
Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Lipót † (Archbishop: 6 Mar 1690 to 22 Aug 1695)
László Kollonitz † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1788 to 23 Apr 1817)
Mihály Kubinszky † (Deacon: 3 Jul 1848; Priest: 5 Jul 1848; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 1876 to 23 Feb 1881)
Jozef Kunszt † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1852 to 5 Jan 1866)
János Kutasy † (Archbishop: 1596 to 29 Jan 1597)
Matthias de Labischino † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1449)
Dionizije Lacković † (Archbishop: 11 Jan 1350)
Valentin Lépes † (Archbishop: 1619 to 6 May 1623)
Francesco Lichtensteiger † (Deacon: 31 Jul 1847; Priest: 5 Jul 1848; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 1881 to 17 Sep 1901)
József Lonovics † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1866 to 13 Mar 1867)
Janos Majorosy † (Deacon: 20 Jul 1855; Priest: 22 Jul 1855; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jul 1885 to 26 Nov 1904)
Johanes von Meran † (Archbishop: 1202 to 6 Oct 1205)
Ferenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-Fogaras † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1845 to 22 Jul 1851)
Demetrii Napragyi † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1610 to 5 Mar 1619)
János Nehiba † (Deacon: 15 Sep 1816; Priest: 15 Feb 1818; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1855 to 21 Jan 1875)
János Ország de Guth † (Archbishop: 1527 to 1529)
Ferenc Károly Palma † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Apr 1781 to 10 Feb 1787)
László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Apr 1982 to 3 Mar 1987)
Gabriel Patačić † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1733 to 5 Dec 1745)
Ádám Patačić de Zajezda † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1776 to 19 Jul 1784)
Márton Pethe de Hetes † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1600 to 3 Oct 1605)
Petar Petretić † (Archbishop: 3 Aug 1667 to 12 Oct 1667)
Giovanni Pusky † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1650 to 1659)
Smaragdus de Sambok † (Archbishop: 1257 to 1263)
Kármán Scolari † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1420 to 1423)
Nicolaus Szarvas, S.J. †
György Széchényi † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1678 to 2 Sep 1686)
Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1697 to 22 May 1710)
István Szuhay † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1607 to 9 Jun 1608)
Martin Takáts † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1807 to 17 Jan 1818)
Tamás Telegdi † (Archbishop: 25 Aug 1358 to 10 Feb 1367)
János Telegdy † (Archbishop: 1623 to 1647)
Pál Tomory, O.F.M. Obs. † (Archbishop: 4 Feb 1523 to 29 Aug 1526)
Lipót Árpád Várady † (Archbishop: 25 May 1914 to 18 Feb 1923)
István Várdai † (Archbishop: 25 Feb 1457 to 22 Feb 1471)
Péter Várdai † (Archbishop: 16 Feb 1481 to 1501)
Gyula Városy † (Priest: 24 Jul 1870 to 16 Dec 1901; Archbishop: 11 Dec 1905 to 28 Oct 1910)
Miklós Vásári † (Archbishop: 1349 to 11 Jan 1350)
Gyula Zichy † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1925 to 20 May 1942)
Albert † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Sep 1529)
Astricus † (Bishop: 1000 to 1036)
Belijan † (Archbishop: 1324 to 26 Sep 1324)
Benedek † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1243 to 25 Feb 1254)
Benedek † (Archbishop: 1265 to 1266)
Gábor † (Archbishop: 24 May 1471 to 1479)
György † (Archbishop: 1 Feb 1479 to 1480)
István † (Archbishop: 1 May 1302 to 1306)
István † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1266)
Ján † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 1279 to Nov 1301)
Ladislav (László) , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 15 Aug 1317 to 24 Mar 1343)
Lajos † (Archbishop: 1383 to 1391)
Mattheus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1511)
Ugrinus † (Archbishop: 1219 to 1241)
Vince † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1306)

Source(s)

Archdiocese of Kalocsa
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 197
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 132
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 172
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 156
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 164
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 173
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 156
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 215
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 371, to Page 372
Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 869, to Page 876

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