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Metropolitan see Eger, Hungary

Archdiocese of Eger

Agrien(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Hungary, founded around 1000 as the Diocese of Eger by King St. Stephen I and elevated to archdiocese on 9 August 1804. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception in Eger. Its suffragans are Debrecen-Nyiregyhaza and Vac.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception, Eger, in Eger, Hungary.

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Established
1000
Catholics
685,000
Priests
191
Territory
11,500 km²

Parishes and churches

286 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Csaba Ternyak
Born
4 December 1953
Birthplace
Fertőszentmiklós

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception, Eger stands in Eger, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

The city of Eger in Northern Hungary serves as the seat of an archdiocese of the Latin Church, known in Latin as the Archidioecesis Agriensis. From this centre the Archdiocese of Eger carries out its work within the Catholic Church.

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