Diocese of Vác
Vacien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vác, Hungary
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1008
- Latin
- Vacien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Michael and St. Stephen I
- Annuario code
- 001000059
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 640,000
- Population
- 1,116,000
- Catholic share
- 57.3%
- Priests
- 162
- Catholics per priest
- 3,951
- Extent
- 8,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 73
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
- Zsolt Marton
- Born
- 26 March 1966
- 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 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.
The province of Eger
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Eger.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of EgerEger
- Diocese of Debrecen-NyíregyházaDebrecen-Nyíregyháza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].