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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs

The Diocese of Pécs (Hungarian: Pécsi Egyházmegye, Latin: Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Hungary. The Cathedral of Pécs is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Diocese of Pécs

Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis

Pécsi Egyházmegye

8,200 km2 (3,200 sq mi)

(as of 2013)
664,000
439,000 (66.1%)

1009

Balázs Bábel

Frigyes Kvanduk

Ferenc Pavlekovics

Mihály Mayer

Secular offices connected to the bishopric[edit]

The Bishops of Pécs were perpetual ispáns of Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes) from the 16th century until 1777.

(1009–1036)

Bonipert

(1036–c. 1075)

St Maurus

(c. 1093)

Stephen I

(c. 1108–b. 1136)

Simon

(c. 1135)

Nana

(b. 1138–b. 1143)

Macarius I

(b. 1143–c. 1148)

John I

(c. 1148–c. 1158)

Antimius

(b. 1162–1186)

Macarius II

(1186–1218)

Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán

(1219–1251)

Bartholomew le Gros

(1251–1252)

Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pázmány

Job from the kindred Záh

(1293–1306)

Paul Balog

(elected, but not consecrated) (1306)

Manfred

(1306–1314)

Peter I

(1314–1345)

Ladislaus Kórógyi

(1346–1360)

Nicholas Neszmélyi

(1361–1374)

William of Koppenbach

Bálint Alsáni

(1410–1420)

John Albeni

(1421–1444)

Henry Albeni

(1445–1455)

Andrew Kálnói

(1455–1459)

Nicholas Barius

(1459–1472)

Janus Pannonius

(1473–1505)

Sigismund Ernuszt

(1505–1522)

George Szatmári

† ( 1541 Appointed – 21 Apr 1548 Died)

Szaniszló Várallyai

(Antal Verancsics) † ( 1554 Appointed – 1557 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)

Antun Vrančić

† (17 Jul 1560 Appointed – 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))

György Draskovics

† ( 1579 Appointed – 22 Apr 1586 Died)

Mikuláš Telegdy

(1596–1598)

Nikola Stepanić Selnički

† (29 Jul 1613 Appointed – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)

Johannes Pyber de Gyerkény

† (6 Jun 1633 Appointed – 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))

Benedikt Vinković

† (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed – 23 Sep 1644 Died)

István Bosnyák

† (6 May 1647 Appointed – 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)

György Széchényi

† (3 Aug 1655 Appointed – 24 Jun 1659 Died)

Pál Hoffmann

O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed – Mar 1668 Died)

Ján Salix

† ( 1668 Appointed – 1676 Appointed, Bishop of Vác)

Ján Gubasóczy

O.S.P.P.E. † (18 Apr 1678 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)

Pál Széchényi

† (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed – Apr 1703 Died)

Mátyás Ignác Radanay

† (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed – 29 Sep 1732 Died)

Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode

† (2 Mar 1733 Appointed – 25 Dec 1734 Died)

Anton von Thurn und Valsassina

† (15 Nov 1735 Appointed – 18 Aug 1739 Died)

Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J.

† (30 Sep 1740 Appointed – 25 Sep 1748 Died)

Zsigmond József Berényi

† (15 Nov 1751 Appointed – 2 May 1777 Died)

György Klimó

† (2 Apr 1781 Appointed – 7 Nov 1799 Died)

Pál László Esterházy

† (11 Jan 1808 Appointed – 17 Jul 1825 Died)

József Király

† (11 Jan 1828 Appointed – 16 Jul 1838 Died)

Ignác Szepesy de Négyes

† (18 Feb 1839 Appointed – 28 Sep 1849 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)

János Scitovszky

† (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1868 Died)

György Girk

† (25 Jun 1869 Appointed – 25 Jun 1877 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)

Zsigmond Kovács

† (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed – 24 Jan 1896 Died)

Nándor Dulánszky

† (14 Dec 1897 Appointed – 1 Sep 1903 Died)

Sámuel Hetyey de Eadem

† (11 Dec 1905 Appointed – 31 Aug 1925 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)

Gyula Zichy

† (27 Mar 1926 Appointed – 2 Mar 1958 Died)

Ferenc Virág

† (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded – 20 Feb 1961 Died)

Ferenc Rogacs

† (10 Jan 1969 Appointed – 3 Nov 1989 Retired)

József Cserháti

(3 Nov 1989 Appointed – 19 Jan 2011 Retired)

Mihály Mayer

(9 Apr 2011 Appointed – )

György Udvardy

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