- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa (Hungarian: "Kalocsa-Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye") is an
Archdiocese of theLatin Rite of theRoman Catholic Church inHungary . Since1993 , its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of theDiocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in1999 .Establishment of the Archdiocese
The Archdiocese of Kalocsa was probably originally set up as a Bishopric by King
Stephen I of Hungary , but it became the second Archbishopric in1009 . Its original suffragans were the bishops of Bihar (Romanian: "Biharea") and Transylvania. Around1028 the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád also became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa.ecular offices connected to the archbishopric
The Archbishops of Kalocsa were, from the
15th century to1776 , the Perpetual Counts of Bács (Hungarian: "Bács vármegye örökös főispánja",Latin : "Bacsiensis perpetuus supremus comes").Ordinaries
*
Astrik (c.1009 )
*George (c.1050 )
*Štefan Szuhay † ( 1607 Appointed - 9 Jun 1608 Died)
*Ján Telegdy † ( 1624 Appointed - 1647 Died)
*Ján Gubasóczy † ( 1685 Appointed - 10 Apr 1686 Died)
*Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † (6 Mar 1690 Appointed - 22 Aug 1695 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
*Jozef Batthyány † (15 Dec 1760 Appointed - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
*Peter Klobusiczky † (19 Apr 1822 Appointed - 2 Jul 1843 Died)
*Jozef Kunszt † (15 Mar 1852 Appointed - 15 Jan 1866 Died)
*Lajos Haynald † (17 May 1867 Appointed - 4 Jul 1891 Died)
*Juraj Császka † (27 Oct 1891 Appointed - 11 Aug 1904 Died)
*János Csernoch † (20 Apr 1911 Appointed - 13 Dec 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
*Árpád Lipót Várady † (25 May 1914 Appointed - 1923 Died)
*Gyula Zichy † (31 Aug 1925 Appointed - 1942 Died)
*Gyula Glattfelder † ( 1942 Appointed - 1943 Died)
*József Grósz † (7 May 1943 Appointed - 3 Oct 1961 Died)
*Endre Hamvas † (15 Sep 1964 Appointed - 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 - )Sources
* Balogh, Margit - Gergely, Jenő: "Egyházak az újkori Magyarországon (1790-1992) - Adattár" (MTA Történettudományi Intézete, Budapest, 1996)
* "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)
* Karácsonyi, János: "Magyarország egyháztörténete főbb vonásaiban 970-től 1900-ig" (Könyvértékesítő Vállalat, Budapest, 1985)References
*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkalo.html
External links
* [http://www.asztrik.hu Official website (in Hungarian)]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08594b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bacs]
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