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Diocese of Vác

Dioecesis Vaciensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Zsolt Marton, Bishop
  • Lajos Varga, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Miklós Beer, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 11th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Eger
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Hungary
  • Square Kilometers: 8,800 (3,399 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.vaciegyhazmegye.hu/
  • Mailing Address: Egyhazmegyei Hatosag, Migazzi Kristof ter 1, H-2600 Vac; Pf. 167, H-2601 Vac, Magyarorszag
  • Telephone: (27)814.100
  • Fax: 814.101

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11th CenturyErectedDiocese of Vác (erected)
31 May 1993Territory AddedArchdiocese of Esztergom (Nógrád and Pest located to the north of the Danube)
Archdiocese of Eger (Nógrád)
Diocese of Vác
31 May 1993Territory LostDiocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale) (Budapest except Csepel; Island of Szentendre along with Dunabogdány, Pilisszentlászló, Tahitótfalu, Leányfalu, Pomáz, Budakalász, Budakalász-Szentistvántelep, Csobánka, Üröm, Pilisborosjenô, Nagykovácsi, Pilisszentkereszt)
Diocese of Vác (Budapest, part of Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád)
Archdiocese of Esztergom
31 May 1993Territory LostDiocese of Pécs (Dávod, Püspökpuszta, Dunafalva, Homorud, Sárhát, Sárosd, Szabadságpuszta, and Riha-Elesd)
Diocese of Vác (Kecskemét)
Archdiocese of Kalocsa
31 May 1993Territory LostDiocese of Vác (Jánoshida) Archdiocese of Eger
31 May 1993Territory LostDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) (Part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok: Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, and Turkeve)
Archdiocese of Eger (Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, Turkeve, Bucsa and Dévaványa)
Diocese of Vác (Part of Csongrád along with Mezótúr, Mezohék, and Kungyalu)
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19481,187,3451,671,98771.0%4521285802,047220777246ap1951
19691,300,0002,000,00065.0%4294293,030276ap1971
19801,300,0002,032,00064.0%412294412,94729276ap1981
19901,200,0002,020,00059.4%359283873,100228252ap1991
1999708,0001,070,00066.2%190382283,105655230225ap2000
2000708,0001,070,00066.2%189342233,174647227225ap2001
2001705,0001,067,00066.1%190382283,092548195225ap2002
2002705,0001,067,00066.1%186382243,147645188225ap2003
2003705,0001,067,00066.1%191382293,078645183225ap2004
2004640,0001,116,00057.3%185362212,895643168225ap2005
2010640,0001,116,00057.3%199232222,882143557221ap2011
2014640,0001,116,00057.3%178432212,895325341220ap2015
2017638,5001,113,30057.4%174402142,983374841222ap2018
2020688,1001,199,87657.3%171392103,276474323219ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 511, and Page 512
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 261
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 325
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 357
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 402
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 429
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 386
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 578
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 385
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 383, to Page 384
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 869, to Page 876

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