Archdiocese of Kalocsa

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The Archdiocese of Kalocsa (Hungarian: Kalocsa-Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye) is an Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Hungary. Since 1993, its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in 1999.

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[edit] 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 in 1009. Its original suffragans were the bishops of Bihar (Romanian: Biharea) and Transylvania. Around 1028 the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád also became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa.

[edit] Secular offices connected to the archbishopric

The Archbishops of Kalocsa were, from the 15th century to 1776, the Perpetual Counts of Bács (Hungarian: Bács vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Bacsiensis perpetuus supremus comes).

[edit] 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 - )

[edit] 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)

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