Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr

Coordinates: 47°41′21″N 17°37′53″E / 47.6891°N 17.6313°E / 47.6891; 17.6313
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Diocese of Diocese of Győr

Dioecesis Iaurinensis

Győri Egyházmegye
The Cathedral of St Mary
Location
Country Hungary
Ecclesiastical provinceEsztergom-Budapest
MetropolitanEsztergom-Budapest
Statistics
Area5,100 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
552,453
378,099 (68.4%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteLatin
Established11th century
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Mary in Győr
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAndrás Veres
Metropolitan ArchbishopCardinal Péter Erdő
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Győr (Hungarian: Győri Egyházmegye, German: Bistum Raab, Latin: Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest. The diocese is believed to have been established in 1009 by King Stephen I of Hungary, along with most of the other Hungarian dioceses.

The Cathedral of Győr is dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary. The current bishop is Lajos Pápai, who was appointed in 1991.

Secular offices connected to the bishopric[edit]

The Bishops of Győr were Perpetual Counts of Baranya (Hungarian: Győr vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Jaurinensis perpetuus supremus comes) from the 16th century till 1783.

List of the Bishops of Győr[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század), főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994)
  • Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: Magyarország főispánjai 1526-1848 (Argumentum, Budapest, 1994)
  • Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I-III. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig; 1526-1848, 1848-1944, főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981, 1982, 1993)
  • Magyar Történelmi Fogalomtár I-II. – A-K; L-ZS, főszerkesztő: Bán, Péter (Gondolat, Budapest, 1989)
  • Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: Magyarország főméltóságai (Maecenas, 1988)

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External links[edit]

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