Eparchy of Nyíregyháza
Nyiregyhazan(us)
Suffragan eparchy · Byzantine tradition · Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Byzantine-rite eparchy of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, erected 20 March 2015 from territory of the Eparchy of Hajdudorog. Suffragan of the Archeparchy of Hajdudorog, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Nyiregyhaza. Eparch Abel Szocska, O.S.B.M., was appointed 7 April 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Byzantine tradition
- Erected
- 20 March 2015
- Latin
- Nyiregyhazan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas
- Annuario code
- 001002434
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 102,484
- Population
- 559,272
- Catholic share
- 18.3%
- Priests
- 124
- Catholics per priest
- 826
- Extent
- 5,936 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Eparch
- Abel Szocska, O.S.B.M.
- Born
- 21 September 1972
- Birthplace
- Vynohradiv
- Institute
- Ordine Basiliano di S. Giosafat (O.S.B.M.)
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 St. Nicholas, Nyiregyhaza stands in Nyíregyháza, 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:
- Archeparchy of HajdúdorogHajdúdorog
- Eparchy of MiskolcMiskolc
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church celebrating the Byzantine Rite in Hungarian, the Eparchy of Nyíregyháza serves as one of the sees. Its cathedral church, Szent Miklós Görögkatolikus székesegyház, is located in the city of Nyíregyháza, Hungary. The eparchy is suffragan to the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, a Metropolitanate sui juris and the only province of the Greek Catholics in 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.
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].