Diocese of Szeged–Csanád
Szegedien(sis)-Csanadien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Szeged–Csanád, Hungary
The Diocese of Szeged-Csanád is a Latin Church diocese in southeastern Hungary, tracing its origin to the Diocese of Csanád founded in 1030. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét with its seat in Szeged.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1030
- Latin
- Szegedien(sis)-Csanadien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Gerard of Csanád
- Annuario code
- 001003141
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 363,500
- Population
- 889,000
- Catholic share
- 40.9%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 3,826
- Extent
- 10,851 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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 Kiss-Rigó
- Born
- 6 April 1955
- 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
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hungarians stands in Szeged–Csanád, 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 Kalocsa-Kecskemét
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Kalocsa–KecskemétKalocsa–Kecskemét
- Diocese of PécsPécs
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the cities of Szeged and Csanád, the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád (Latin: Dioecesis Szegediensis-Csanadiensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét in Hungary as a Latin Church diocese. Since 1930 its cathedral has been the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hungarians in Szeged; before that, the see was St George's Cathedral in Timișoara, which after 1930 became the cathedral of the Diocese of Timișoara. Békéscsaba is home to the Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua.
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].