Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest
Strigonien(sis)-Budapestinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Esztergom–Budapest, Hungary
The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary, founded in 1001 by King Stephen I and renamed Esztergom-Budapest in 1993. Its suffragans are the dioceses of Győr and Székesfehérvár. Cardinal Péter Erdő has been archbishop since 2002.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1001
- Latin
- Strigonien(sis)-Budapestinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Annuario code
- 001001380
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,249,000
- Population
- 2,078,000
- Catholic share
- 60.1%
- Priests
- 327
- Catholics per priest
- 3,820
- Extent
- 1,543 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 809
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Péter Erdő
- Born
- 25 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Budapest
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Primatial Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert, Esztergom stands in Esztergom–Budapest, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Esztergom-Budapest
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GyőrGyőr
- Diocese of SzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Hungary's primatial seat belongs to this Latin Church archdiocese, known in Latin as the Archidioecesis Strigoniensis-Budapestinensis and in Hungarian as the Esztergom-Budapesti főegyházmegye. It serves as the metropolitan see of one of the four Latin Church ecclesiastical provinces into which Hungary is divided.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].