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Diocese of Szeged-Csanád

Dioecesis Szegediensis-Csanadiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • László Kiss-Rigó, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 5 August 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Hungary
  • Square Kilometers: 10,851 (4,191 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://szeged-csanad.hu
  • Mailing Address: Aradi-Vertanuk tere 2, H-6720 Szeged, Magyarorszag
  • Telephone: (62)420.932
  • Fax: 420.932-155

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Csanád
1035ErectedDiocese of Csanád (erected)
10 February 1923Territory LostDiocese of Csanád Apostolic Administration of Srpski Banat (erected)
17 February 1923Territory LostDiocese of Csanád Apostolic Administration of Timişoara (erected)
29 May 1926Territory AddedDiocese of Vác (Felsöpusztaszer estate) Diocese of Csanád
19 June 1931ElevatedDiocese of Csanád (Cathedral moved)
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád
5 August 1982Name ChangedDiocese of Csanád Diocese of Szeged-Csanád
31 May 1993Territory LostArchdiocese of Eger (Szabólcs-Szatmár-Bereg and part of Hajdu-Bihar)
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád (Part of Hajdu-Bihar)
Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (erected)
31 May 1993Territory AddedDiocese of Agrigento (Girgenti) (Part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok: Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, and Turkeve)
Archdiocese of Eger (Kunszentmárton I, Kunszentmárton II, Mesterszállás, Kuncsorba, Turkeve, Bucsa and Dévaványa)
Diocese of Vác (Part of Csongrád along with Mezótúr, Mezohék, and Kungyalu)
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Csanád
1950265,000350,00075.7%134541881,4098637559ap1951
1969371,7501,370,30027.1%2082081,78753113ap1971
1980376,0001,576,00023.9%1531532,45716113ap1981
Diocese of Szeged-Csanád
1990381,0881,050,42436.3%1281282,977111ap1991
1999440,000936,00047.0%103191223,606210113112ap2000
2000440,000936,00047.0%101191203,66636913112ap2001
2001440,000936,00047.0%101191203,66647016112ap2002
2002440,000936,00047.0%101191203,66636420112ap2003
2003440,000936,00047.0%104191233,57747730130ap2004
2004440,000936,00047.0%98191173,76047529129ap2005
2010360,563881,15940.9%103131163,10836030112ap2011
2014363,500889,00040.9%93141073,39746135112ap2015
2017361,100819,70044.1%99151143,16746029112ap2018
2020361,500821,25044.0%86211073,37836825111ap2021
2022357,530812,80044.0%8114953,7636123111ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Csanád
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 179, and Page 180
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 124
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 161
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 168, and Page 169
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 177
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 188
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 168
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 232
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 370, to Page 371
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 18, Page 310
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 428, and Page 429
  • Diocese of Szeged-Csanád
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 76, Page 53, and Page 54
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 869, to Page 876

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