Suffragan diocese Vác, Hungary
Diocese of Vác
Vacien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in central Hungary, founded in 1008 by King St. Stephen I. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Eger since 1993 (previously of Esztergom), with its seat at the Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Michael in Vac. Bishop Zsolt Marton has led the diocese since 2019.
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- Established
- 1008
- Catholics
- 640,000
- Priests
- 162
- Territory
- 8,800 km²
Parishes and churches
218 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Abony – Szent István királyAbonyView parish
- Albertirsa – Urunk színeváltozásaAlbertirsaView parish
- Alsónémedi – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaAlsónémediView parish
- Aszód – SzentháromságAszódView parish
- Bag – Szent AndrásBagView parish
- Baglyasalja – Krisztus KirályBaglyasaljaView parish
- Balassagyarmat-Fő – SzentháromságBalassagyarmatView parish
- Balassagyarmat-Szaléziak – Bosco Szent JánosBalassagyarmatView parish
- Becske – Szeplőtelen FogantatásBecskeView parish
- Bercel – Szent Péter és PálBercelView parish
- Berkenye – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaBerkenyeView parish
- Bernecebaráti – NagyboldogasszonyBernecebarátiView parish
- Boldog – Szeplőtelen FogantatásBoldogView parish
- Borsosberény – Szent MártonBorsosberényView parish
- Bugyi – Szent AdalbertBugyiView parish
- Buják – Szent MártonBujákView parish
- Bárna – NagyboldogasszonyBárnaView parish
- Bátonyterenye-Kisterenye – Szent István vértanúBátonyterenyeView parish
- Bátonyterenye-Nagybátony – Szent GyörgyBátonyterenyeView parish
- Cegléd-Ó – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaCeglédView parish
- Cegléd-Új – Magyarok NagyasszonyaCeglédView parish
- Ceglédbercel – Nepomuki Szt JánosCeglédbercelView parish
- Cered – MindenszentekCeredView parish
- Cibakháza – MindenszentekCibakházaView parish
- Cserhátsurány – Szent István királyCserhátsurányView parish
- Cserhátszentiván – KisboldogasszonyCserhátszentivánView parish
- Csesztve – Szent MártonCsesztveView parish
- Csitár – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaCsitárView parish
- Csécse – KisboldogasszonyCsécseView parish
- Csépa – Szent JakabCsépaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Zsolt Marton
- Born
- 26 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Budapest
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Michael, Vac stands in Vác, 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.
History
St. Stephen, the first King of Hungary, created this diocese in 1008. Seated at Vác, the Diocese of Vác (Latin: Dioecesis Vaciensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Hungary, originally known in German as the "Diocese of Waitzen". It serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Eger. Zsolt Marton, appointed in 2019, is the current bishop.
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