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Suffragan diocese Vác, Hungary

Diocese of Vác

Vacien(sis)

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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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Michael, Vac, in Vác, Hungary.

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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.

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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.

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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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