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Eparchy of Miskolc

Miskolcen(sis)

Byzantine-rite eparchy of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, erected in 1924 as an apostolic exarchate for 21 Rusyn parishes of the Eparchy of Presov left in Hungarian territory, and elevated to eparchy on 20 March 2015. Suffragan of the Archeparchy of Hajdudorog. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Miskolc.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Byzantine tradition
Erected
1924
Latin
Miskolcen(sis)
Patron
san Juan Bautista
Annuario code
001002254

The see in figures

Catholics
51,100
Priests
67
Catholics per priest
763
Extent
10,887 km²
Catholics per km²
4.7

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

Eparch
Atanaz Orosz
Born
11 May 1960
Birthplace
Nyíregyháza

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

Cathedral of the Assumption, Miskolc stands in Miskolc, 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 Hajdudorog

A suffragan of Archeparchy of Hajdudorog.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, a particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, includes the Eparchy of Miskolc (Latin: Dioecesis Miskolcensis) among its sees. Its liturgy follows the Byzantine Rite celebrated in the Hungarian language. The eparchy is suffragan to the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, a sui iuris metropolis whose province covers all of Hungary, and it depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches. Its cathedral church, the Cathedral of the Assumption ("Nagyboldogasszony püspöki székesegyház"), stands in the city of Miskolc in north-eastern Hungary.

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.

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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].