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.
- Nagylóc – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaNagylócView parish
- Nagymaros – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaNagymarosMass times recorded
- Nagyoroszi – Szent MiklósNagyorosziView parish
- Nyáregyháza – Jézus SzíveNyáregyházaView parish
- Nézsa – Szent JakabNézsaView parish
- Nógrád – NagyboldogasszonyNógrádView parish
- Nógrádmarcal – MindenszentekNógrádmarcalView parish
- Nógrádmegyer – KisboldogasszonyNógrádmegyerView parish
- Nógrádszakál – Szent Kereszt felmagasztalásaNógrádszakálView parish
- Nógrádsáp – KisboldogasszonyNógrádsápView parish
- Nőtincs – Szent MártonNőtincsView parish
- Palotás – Szent Péter és PálPalotásView parish
- Patak – SzentháromságPatakView parish
- Piliny – MindenszentekPilinyView parish
- Pilis – Krisztus KirályPilisView parish
- Pusztavacs – Szent ÁgostonPusztavacsView parish
- Pásztó – 32/460PásztóView parish
- Pécel – Magyarok NagyasszonyaPécelView parish
- Püspökhatvan – Szent LőrincPüspökhatvanView parish
- Püspökszilágy – Szt. MártonPüspökszilágyView parish
- Rimóc – Szent MiklósRimócView parish
- Romhány – Szent GyörgyRomhányView parish
- Rád – KisboldogasszonyRádView parish
- Rákóczifalva – Mária neveRákóczifalvaView parish
- Rétság – Szent AndrásRétságView parish
- Salgótarján II. – Szent JózsefSalgótarjánView parish
- Salgótarján-Fő – KisboldogasszonySalgótarjánView parish
- Somoskőújfalu – Magyarok NagyasszonyaSomoskőújfaluView parish
- Szada – Keresztelő Szent JánosSzadaView parish
- Szelevény – Jézus SzíveSzelevényView 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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