Diocese of Kaposvár
Kaposvaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kaposvár, Hungary
The Diocese of Kaposvár is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Hungary, erected on 31 May 1993 from territory of the Diocese of Veszprém. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém. László Varga has been bishop since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 1993
- Latin
- Kaposvaren(sis)
- Patron
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001808
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 292,000
- Population
- 397,800
- Catholic share
- 73.4%
- Priests
- 92
- Catholics per priest
- 3,174
- Extent
- 6,790 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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
- Bishop
- László Varga
- Born
- 17 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Tapolca
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
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Kaposvár stands in Kaposvár, 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.
The province of Veszprém
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Veszprém.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southwestern Hungary, the Diocese of Kaposvár (Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém. Its episcopal cathedral, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, stands in the city of Kaposvár, the capital of Somogy County.
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].