Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár

Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye
St Mary's Cathedral, Kaposvár
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Veszprém
Metropolitan	Veszprém
Statistics
Area	6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 398,851 293,153 (73.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kaposvár
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Béla Balás
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gyula Márfi
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website

The Diocese of Kaposvár (Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém in southwestern Hungary.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Nagyboldogasszony székesegyház, dedciated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.

History

• Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman rite natives)

Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár

• Béla Balás (31 May 1993 - 25 March 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31)
• Bishop-elect László Varga (25 March 2017 – ...), no previous prelature.

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary
• Roman Catholicism in Hungary

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocesan website

Coordinates: 46°21′24″N 17°47′20″E / 46.3568°N 17.7888°E / 46.3568; 17.7888