Archdiocese of Veszprém
Veszprimien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Veszprém, Hungary
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in western Hungary, founded as the Diocese of Veszprem in 1009 (one of Hungary's oldest sees) and elevated to archdiocese on 31 May 1993. Its seat is St. Michael's Cathedral in Veszprem. Its suffragans are the Dioceses of Szombathely and Kaposvar.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1009
- Latin
- Veszprimien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Michael
- Annuario code
- 001000093
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 335,600
- Population
- 461,500
- Catholic share
- 72.7%
- Priests
- 128
- Catholics per priest
- 2,622
- Extent
- 6,920 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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
- Archbishop
- Gyorgy Udvardy
- Born
- 14 May 1960
- Birthplace
- Balassagyarmat
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
St. Michael's Cathedral, Veszprem stands in Veszprém, 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 Veszprem
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of SzombathelySzombathely
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
King Stephen I of Hungary is believed to have founded this see in 1009 AD as the Diocese of Veszprém, at first suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom. Elevated to an archdiocese in 1993, the Archdiocese of Veszprém (Hungarian: Veszprémi Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Veszprimiensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese in Hungary and now serves as metropolitan for the Diocese of Kaposvár and the Diocese of Szombathely.
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].