Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár

Diocese of Kaposvár

Dioecesis Kaposvarensis

Kaposvári egyházmegye
Location
Country Hungary
Ecclesiastical provinceVeszprém
HeadquartersKaposvár
Coordinates46°21′28″N 17°47′17″E / 46.35771250°N 17.78794040°E / 46.35771250; 17.78794040
Statistics
Area6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
397,800
292,000 (73.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedMay 31, 1993 (1993-05-31)
CathedralOur Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Kaposvár
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLászló Varga
Metropolitan ArchbishopUdvardy György
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
kaposvar.egyhazmegye.hu

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

Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.

History

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

Statistics

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As of 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

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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)
  • László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)

See also

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