Vác (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Mátyás (Rátót) † ( 1238 Appointed - 6 Mar 1240 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
István Bánsca † ( 1241 Appointed - 7 Jul 1243 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Lorinc † (10 Apr 1318 Appointed - 1329 Died)
Rudolf , O.P. † (19 Jun 1329 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Mihály Széchényi † (8 Jul 1342 Appointed - 28 Nov 1362 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
János de Surdis † ( 1363 Appointed - 1375 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
Péter † (5 May 1376 Appointed - 1400 Died)
Miklós † (20 Apr 1401 Appointed - 1405 Died)
Fülöp † ( 1407 Appointed - 1419 Died)
Miklós Ilsvai † (23 Oct 1419 Appointed - 1430 Died)
Johann von Bucka (Železný), O. Praem. † ( 1429 Appointed - 9 Oct 1430 Died)
Mátyás Gathali † (8 Jan 1438 Appointed - 9 May 1440 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
Péter Agmándi † (9 May 1440 Appointed - 28 Jul 1449 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
Vince Szilassi † (17 Jul 1450 Appointed - 1474 Died)
Miklós Báthory (Báthori) † (22 Apr 1474 Appointed - 24 Feb 1506 Died)
János Gosztonyi † (15 Mar 1508 Appointed - 10 Feb 1511 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
Ferenc Várady † (30 Apr 1511 Appointed - 13 Aug 1515 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
László Szalkai † (13 Aug 1515 Appointed - 18 Jun 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
János Ország de Guth † ( 1520 Appointed - 1539 Died)
Stjepan Brodarić † (30 May 1539 Appointed - 7 Nov 1539 Died)
Agostino Sbardelatti † (4 Jul 1550 Appointed - 1553 Died)
Balázs Péterváradi † (3 Aug 1554 Appointed - 1560 Died)
János Újlaky † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 1578 Died)
Zakariás Mossóczy † (27 Oct 1578 Appointed - 7 Oct 1583 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
Márton Pethe de Hetes † (26 Oct 1583 Appointed - 16 Jan 1589 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
István Mathisy † (23 Jan 1589 Appointed - 1591 Died)
István Szuhay † (6 Jun 1594 Appointed - 23 Oct 1600 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
Péter Radovits † (15 Dec 1600 Appointed - 19 Nov 1608 Died)
Pál Almásy † (27 Jan 1610 Appointed - 13 Sep 1621 Died)
István Sennyey † (27 Jan 1627 Confirmed - 11 Jul 1628 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
Gregoire Nagy Falvy † (13 Aug 1640 Appointed - 1642 Died)
Mátyás Tarnóczy † (14 Jun 1655 Appointed - 30 Aug 1655 Died)
Ferenc Szegedy † (10 Dec 1663 Appointed - 21 Mar 1672 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
György Pongrácz † (2 May 1672 Confirmed - 5 Mar 1676 Died)
Ján Gubasóczy (Gubašóci) † (12 Jul 1677 Confirmed - 13 May 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
Péter Korompay † (28 Apr 1681 Appointed - 20 Apr 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
János Kéry, O.S.P.P.E. † (8 Jun 1682 Appointed - 3 Mar 1685 Died)
Miklós Balogh † (18 Mar 1686 Appointed - 6 Oct 1689 Died)
Mihály Dvornikovich † (14 Nov 1695 Confirmed - 1705 Died)
Imre Esterházy, O.S.P.P.E. † (1 Aug 1707 Confirmed - 9 Sep 1709 Appointed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
Sigismund von Kollonitsch † (14 Oct 1709 Appointed - 1 Jul 1716 Confirmed, Bishop of Wien)
Wilhelm von Leslie † (5 Oct 1716 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1718 Confirmed, Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach))
Mihály Frigyes Althan † (27 Jun 1718 Confirmed - 20 Jun 1734 Died)
Mihály Karl (Michele Carlo) von Althan † (2 Dec 1735 Confirmed - 17 Jul 1756 Died)
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (20 Sep 1756 Confirmed - 23 May 1757 Confirmed, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna})
Pál Štefan Forgách † (26 Sep 1757 Confirmed - Sep 1759 Died)
Károly Esterházy de Galántha † (3 Mar 1760 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1762 Confirmed, Bishop of Eger)
Ferenc Xavier Splényi † (10 Mar 1788 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1795 Died)
Karl Ambrose Ferdinand von Habsburg † (17 Nov 1806 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1808 Confirmed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
László Kámánházy † (11 Jul 1808 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1817 Died)
Ferenc di Paolo de Nádasdy-Fogaras † (17 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1845 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
Ágoston Roskoványi † (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed - 15 Apr 1859 Confirmed, Bishop of Nitra)
Antal Jószef Peitler † (15 Apr 1859 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1885 Died)
Konštantín Schuster † (17 Mar 1887 Confirmed - 23 Jul 1899 Died)
Károly Emmánuel de Csáky † (19 Apr 1900 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1919 Died)
Árpád István Hanauer † (9 Sep 1919 Appointed - 15 Jan 1942 Died)
Jozsef Pétery † (24 Sep 1942 Appointed - 15 Nov 1967 Died)
József Bánk † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed - 2 Feb 1974 Appointed, Archbishop of Eger)
Mihály Endrey-Eipel † (7 Jan 1975 Appointed - 4 Jul 1977 Died)
József Bánk † (2 Mar 1978 Appointed - 3 Mar 1987 Retired)
Izidor István Marosi † (3 Mar 1987 Appointed - 11 Feb 1992 Retired)
Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. † (11 Feb 1992 Appointed - 27 Mar 2003 Retired)
Miklós Beer (27 May 2003 Appointed - 12 Jul 2019 Retired)
Zsolt Marton (12 Jul 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
11th Century	Erected		Diocese of Vác (erected)
29 May 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vác (Felsöpusztaszer estate)	Diocese of Csanád
7 February 1930	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Eger (Pernye-puszta estate)	Diocese of Vác
31 May 1993	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Esztergom (Nógrád and Pest located to the north of the Danube) Archdiocese of Eger (Nógrád)	Diocese of Vác
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese 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 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese of Pécs (Dávod, Püspökpuszta, Dunafalva, Homorud, Sárhát, Sárosd, Szabadságpuszta, and Riha-Elesd) Diocese of Vác (Kecskemét)	Archdiocese of Kalocsa
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese of Vác (Jánoshida)	Archdiocese of Eger
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese 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

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

1948 1,187,345 1,671,987 71.0% 452 128 580 2,047 220 777 246 ap1951

1969 1,300,000 2,000,000 65.0% 429 429 3,030 276 ap1971

1980 1,300,000 2,032,000 64.0% 412 29 441 2,947 29 276 ap1981

1990 1,200,000 2,020,000 59.4% 359 28 387 3,100 2 28 252 ap1991

1999 708,000 1,070,000 66.2% 190 38 228 3,105 6 55 230 225 ap2000

2000 708,000 1,070,000 66.2% 189 34 223 3,174 6 47 227 225 ap2001

2001 705,000 1,067,000 66.1% 190 38 228 3,092 5 48 195 225 ap2002

2002 705,000 1,067,000 66.1% 186 38 224 3,147 6 45 188 225 ap2003

2003 705,000 1,067,000 66.1% 191 38 229 3,078 6 45 183 225 ap2004

2004 640,000 1,116,000 57.3% 185 36 221 2,895 6 43 168 225 ap2005

2010 640,000 1,116,000 57.3% 199 23 222 2,882 14 35 57 221 ap2011

2014 640,000 1,116,000 57.3% 178 43 221 2,895 32 53 41 220 ap2015

2017 638,500 1,113,300 57.4% 174 40 214 2,983 37 48 41 222 ap2018

2020 688,100 1,199,876 57.3% 171 39 210 3,276 47 43 23 219 ap2021

2022 686,000 1,197,045 57.3% 147 28 175 3,920 42 32 32 220 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1948	1,187,345	1,671,987	71.0%	452	128	580	2,047		220	777	246	ap1951
1969	1,300,000	2,000,000	65.0%	429		429	3,030				276	ap1971
1980	1,300,000	2,032,000	64.0%	412	29	441	2,947		29		276	ap1981
1990	1,200,000	2,020,000	59.4%	359	28	387	3,100	2	28		252	ap1991
1999	708,000	1,070,000	66.2%	190	38	228	3,105	6	55	230	225	ap2000
2000	708,000	1,070,000	66.2%	189	34	223	3,174	6	47	227	225	ap2001
2001	705,000	1,067,000	66.1%	190	38	228	3,092	5	48	195	225	ap2002
2002	705,000	1,067,000	66.1%	186	38	224	3,147	6	45	188	225	ap2003
2003	705,000	1,067,000	66.1%	191	38	229	3,078	6	45	183	225	ap2004
2004	640,000	1,116,000	57.3%	185	36	221	2,895	6	43	168	225	ap2005
2010	640,000	1,116,000	57.3%	199	23	222	2,882	14	35	57	221	ap2011
2014	640,000	1,116,000	57.3%	178	43	221	2,895	32	53	41	220	ap2015
2017	638,500	1,113,300	57.4%	174	40	214	2,983	37	48	41	222	ap2018
2020	688,100	1,199,876	57.3%	171	39	210	3,276	47	43	23	219	ap2021
2022	686,000	1,197,045	57.3%	147	28	175	3,920	42	32	32	220	ap2023