Veszprém (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Stephanus † ( 1009 Appointed - )
Róbert † ( 1209 Appointed - 13 Mar 1226 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Meskó † (26 Apr 1334 Appointed - 1344 Died)
István Harcsáki † (9 Aug 1344 Appointed - 2 Mar 1345 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
Galhard de Carceribus † (2 Mar 1345 Appointed - 19 Jul 1346 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)
János Dorozsma Gara † (19 Jul 1346 Appointed - 1357 Died)
László Hont-Pázmány † (27 Mar 1358 Appointed - 1372 Died)
László de Deménd † (27 Oct 1372 Appointed - 2 Oct 1377 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
Péter Siklósi † (2 Oct 1377 Appointed - 1379 Died)
Benedek Himházi † (22 Feb 1380 Appointed - )
Demeter Hont-Pázmány † (25 Oct 1387 Appointed - 22 Dec 1391 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
Maternus † (30 Jan 1392 Appointed - 3 Apr 1395 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
Demeter Hont-Pázmány † (3 Apr 1395 Appointed - )
Mihály Hédervári † (16 Jun 1399 Appointed - 1402 Died)
György † (9 Mar 1403 Appointed - 1412 Resigned)
Branda Castiglione † (1 Sep 1412 Appointed - 4 Feb 1443 Died)
Péter Rozgonyi † (5 May 1424 Appointed - 23 May 1425 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
János Uski † (7 Jan 1426 Appointed - 1728 Died)
Simon Rozgonyi † (30 Aug 1428 Appointed - 15 Feb 1440 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
Mátyás Gathali † (9 May 1440 Appointed - 1457 Died)
Albert Hangácsi † (16 Jun 1458 Appointed - 1466 Died)
János Vitéz † (3 Jun 1489 Appointed - 1499 Died)
György Szatmári † (1 Apr 1500 Appointed - 14 Feb 1502 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
Gregor Frangipani † (18 Apr 1502 Appointed - 11 Dec 1503 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
Pietro Isvalies (Isuali) † (21 Jun 1503 Appointed - 22 Sep 1511 Died)
Péter (Petar) Beriszló (Berislavić) † ( 1513 Appointed - 20 May 1520 Died)
Pál Várdai † ( 1521 Appointed - 1526 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
Tamás Zalaházi † ( 1526 Appointed - 3 Feb 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
Pál Bornemissza † (4 Jul 1550 Appointed - 3 Aug 1554 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
András Köves † (3 Aug 1554 Appointed - 7 Jan 1568 Died)
János Liszthi † ( 1568 Appointed - 15 May 1573 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
István Fejérkövy † (15 May 1573 Appointed - 19 Dec 1587 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † (22 Dec 1587 Appointed - 2 Apr 1599 Confirmed, Bishop of Nitra)
András Monoszlóy † (21 Jun 1599 Appointed - 11 Dec 1609 Died)
Franjo Ergelski Hasanović † (29 Mar 1610 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1629 Appointed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
István Sennyey † (11 Jul 1628 Appointed - 24 Mar 1630 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
Paul David a Felistal † (6 Oct 1631 Appointed - 19 Jan 1633 Died)
György Lippay Zombori † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed - 1637 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
György Széchényi † (9 Jun 1653 Appointed - 7 Dec 1665 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
István Sennyey † (14 Jan 1669 Confirmed - 10 Apr 1687 Died)
Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. † (24 Nov 1687 Appointed - 22 May 1710 Died)
Otto János Teofil Tóth (von Volkra) † (1 Oct 1710 Confirmed - 19 Dec 1720 Died)
Adam Acsády † (8 Apr 1726 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1744 Died)
Márton Bíró de Padány † (19 Jul 1745 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1762 Died)
Ignaz Koller † (10 Aug 1762 Succeeded - 4 Apr 1773 Died)
József Bajzáth † (12 May 1777 Confirmed - 24 Feb 1802 Died)
Pál Rosos † (11 Jul 1808 Confirmed - 17 Jul 1809 Died)
György Kurbély † (26 Sep 1814 Confirmed - 27 May 1821 Died)
Antón Mákay † (24 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 8 May 1825 Died)
József Kopácsy † (27 Jun 1825 Confirmed - 18 Feb 1839 Confirmed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö † (23 May 1842 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1849 Resigned)
János Ranolder † (7 Jan 1850 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1875 Died)
Zsigmond Kovács † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed - 18 Jun 1887 Died)
Károly Hornig † (1 Jun 1888 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1917 Died)
Nándor Rott † (12 Jul 1917 Appointed - 3 Mar 1939 Died)
Tihamér Tóth † (3 Mar 1939 Succeeded - 6 May 1939 Died)
Gyula Czapik † (19 Jul 1939 Appointed - 7 May 1943 Appointed, Archbishop of Eger)
József Mindszenty † (3 Mar 1944 Appointed - 2 Oct 1945 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
László Bánáss † (4 Sep 1946 Appointed - 20 Apr 1949 Died)
Bertalan Badalik, O.P. † (10 Jun 1949 Appointed - 11 Oct 1965 Died)
László Kádár, O. Cist. † (7 Jan 1975 Appointed - 2 Mar 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Eger)
László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. † (31 Mar 1979 Appointed - 5 Apr 1982 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa)
József Szendi † (3 Sep 1983 Appointed - 14 Aug 1997 Retired)
Gyula Márfi (14 Aug 1997 Appointed - 12 Jul 2019 Retired)
György Udvardy (12 Jul 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Veszprém
1009	Erected		Diocese of Veszprém (erected)
16 June 1777	Territory Lost	Diocese of Győr (Raab) Diocese of Veszprém	Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale) (erected)
17 June 1777	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veszprém Diocese of Zagreb (Agram)	Diocese of Szombathely (erected)
23 May 1942	Territory Added	Diocese of Pécs (Antalfala and Antalpuszta)	Diocese of Veszprém
1 February 1950	Territory Added	Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (Nagytelep)	Diocese of Veszprém
1 February 1971	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veszprém (Pozva of Zalaszentivani)	Diocese of Szombathely
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Diocese of Veszprém (Somogy and parts of Zala along with Tolna and Baranya)	Diocese of Kaposvár (erected)
31 May 1993	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Esztergom (Budaörs along with Budajenô and Telki) Diocese of Győr (Raab) (Bokod, Kecskéd, Kömlod, Környe, Oroszlány, Tatabánya-Alsógalla, Tatabánya-Bánhida, Tatabánya-Felsógalla, Tatabánya-Óváros, Várgesztes, Vértessomló, and Vértesszólós) Diocese of Veszprém (Parts of Fejér: Balatonbozsok, Dég, Enying, Kozéppogárd, Lajoskomárom, Lepsény, Mátyásdomb, Mezokomárom, Mezoszentgyörgy, Mezôszilas, and Szabadhidvég)	Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale)
31 May 1993	Territory Added	Diocese of Székesfehérvár (Albareale) (Inota)	Diocese of Veszprém
Archdiocese of Veszprém
31 May 1993	Elevated	Diocese of Veszprém	Archdiocese of Veszprém

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Veszprém

1949 703,198 874,163 80.4% 440 183 623 1,128 166 329 ap1951

1969 750,000 930,100 80.6% 423 82 505 1,485 82 337 ap1971

1977 650,500 928,420 70.1% 406 406 1,602 351 ap1981

1990 654,820 980,536 66.8% 298 298 2,197 347 ap1991

Archdiocese of Veszprém

1999 304,645 468,994 65.0% 124 20 144 2,115 20 30 181 ap2000

2000 301,910 451,524 66.9% 122 20 142 2,126 20 20 181 ap2001

2001 302,024 461,123 65.5% 111 20 131 2,305 1 26 30 181 ap2002

2002 295,694 459,404 64.4% 108 10 118 2,505 1 16 33 180 ap2003

2003 320,731 484,940 66.1% 106 21 127 2,525 1 31 26 180 ap2004

2004 315,374 478,029 66.0% 106 28 134 2,353 2 38 28 180 ap2005

2010 336,000 461,000 72.9% 97 22 119 2,823 12 24 22 180 ap2011

2014 335,600 461,500 72.7% 112 22 134 2,504 14 24 5 180 ap2015

2017 333,000 459,000 72.5% 111 23 134 2,485 14 24 3 180 ap2018

2020 275,597 442,840 62.2% 110 16 126 2,187 17 17 2 180 ap2021

2022 260,885 434,775 60.0% 113 15 128 2,038 15 16 4 179 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Veszprém
1949	703,198	874,163	80.4%	440	183	623	1,128		166		329	ap1951
1969	750,000	930,100	80.6%	423	82	505	1,485		82		337	ap1971
1977	650,500	928,420	70.1%	406		406	1,602				351	ap1981
1990	654,820	980,536	66.8%	298		298	2,197				347	ap1991
Archdiocese of Veszprém
1999	304,645	468,994	65.0%	124	20	144	2,115		20	30	181	ap2000
2000	301,910	451,524	66.9%	122	20	142	2,126		20	20	181	ap2001
2001	302,024	461,123	65.5%	111	20	131	2,305	1	26	30	181	ap2002
2002	295,694	459,404	64.4%	108	10	118	2,505	1	16	33	180	ap2003
2003	320,731	484,940	66.1%	106	21	127	2,525	1	31	26	180	ap2004
2004	315,374	478,029	66.0%	106	28	134	2,353	2	38	28	180	ap2005
2010	336,000	461,000	72.9%	97	22	119	2,823	12	24	22	180	ap2011
2014	335,600	461,500	72.7%	112	22	134	2,504	14	24	5	180	ap2015
2017	333,000	459,000	72.5%	111	23	134	2,485	14	24	3	180	ap2018
2020	275,597	442,840	62.2%	110	16	126	2,187	17	17	2	180	ap2021
2022	260,885	434,775	60.0%	113	15	128	2,038	15	16	4	179	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Adam Acsády † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1726 to 10 Oct 1744)
Bertalan Badalik, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 Jun 1949 to 11 Oct 1965)
József Bajzáth † (Bishop: 12 May 1777 to 24 Feb 1802)
Tamás Bakócz †
Gábor Balassa † (Deacon: 2 Sep 1805; Priest: 30 Apr 1806 to 17 Jun 1844)
László Bánáss † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1946 to 20 Apr 1949)
Péter (Petar) Beriszló (Berislavić) † (Bishop: 1513 to 20 May 1520)
Márton Bíró de Padány † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1745 to 16 Aug 1762)
Pál Bornemissza † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1550 to 3 Aug 1554)
István Bosnyák †
Galhard de Carceribus † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1345 to 19 Jul 1346)
Branda Castiglione † (Administrator: 1 Sep 1412 to 4 Feb 1443)
Gyula Czapik † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1939 to 7 May 1943)
Paul David a Felistal † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1631 to 19 Jan 1633)
László de Deménd † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1372 to 2 Oct 1377)
János Dorozsma Gara † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1346 to 1357)
Imre Esterházy, O.S.P.P.E. †
István Fejérkövy † (Bishop: 15 May 1573 to 19 Dec 1587)
Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1587 to 2 Apr 1599)
Gregor Frangipani † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1502 to 11 Dec 1503)
Mátyás Gathali † (Bishop: 9 May 1440 to 1457)
Árpád István Hanauer † (Priest: 26 Jul 1892 to 9 Sep 1919)
Albert Hangácsi † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1458 to 1466)
István Harcsáki † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1344 to 2 Mar 1345)
Franjo Ergelski Hasanović † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1610 to 17 Dec 1629)
Mihály Hédervári † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1399 to 1402)
Benedek Himházi † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1380)
Demeter Hont-Pázmány † (Bishop: 25 Oct 1387 to 22 Dec 1391)
László Hont-Pázmány † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1358 to 1372)
Károly Hornig † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1888 to 9 Feb 1917)
Pietro Isvalies (Isuali) † (Administrator: 21 Jun 1503 to 22 Sep 1511)
György Jakusics †
László Kádár, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1972; Bishop: 7 Jan 1975 to 2 Mar 1978)
Sándor Klempa, O. Praem. † (Apostolic Administrator: 1959 to 8 Feb 1972)
Ignaz Koller † (Coadjutor Bishop: 15 Dec 1760; Bishop: 10 Aug 1762 to 4 Apr 1773)
József Kopácsy † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1825 to 18 Feb 1839)
Zsigmond Kovács † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1877 to 18 Jun 1887)
András Köves † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1554 to 7 Jan 1568)
Kálmán Kránitz † (Deacon: 31 Jul 1863; Priest: 1 Aug 1863; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Apr 1907 to 12 Jul 1935)
György Kurbély † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1814 to 27 May 1821)
László Lékai † (Priest: 28 Oct 1934; Apostolic Administrator: 8 Feb 1972 to 12 Feb 1976)
György Lippay Zombori † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1633 to 1637)
János Liszthi † (Bishop: 1568 to 15 May 1573)
Antón Mákay † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1823 to 8 May 1825)
József Mindszenty † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1944 to 2 Oct 1945)
András Monoszlóy † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1599 to 11 Dec 1609)
László Pacifik Paskai, O.F.M. † (Apostolic Administrator: 2 Mar 1978; Bishop: 31 Mar 1979 to 5 Apr 1982)
Nicolas Jean Petri † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Apr 1525)
Istvan Pribék de Ville † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Dec 1872 to 1902)
János Ranolder † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1850 to 12 Sep 1875)
Janos de Rhenese † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 1494)
Pál Rosos † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1808 to 17 Jul 1809)
Nándor Rott † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1917 to 3 Mar 1939)
Péter Rozgonyi † (Bishop: 5 May 1424 to 23 May 1425)
Simon Rozgonyi † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1428 to 15 Feb 1440)
István Sennyey † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1628 to 24 Mar 1630)
István Sennyey † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1669 to 10 Apr 1687)
Péter Siklósi † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1377 to 1379)
Imre Szabó † (Deacon: 29 Oct 1836; Priest: 27 Apr 1837 to 5 Nov 1869)
Joseph Szabó †
György Szatmári † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1500 to 14 Feb 1502)
György Széchényi † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1653 to 7 Dec 1665)
Pál Széchényi, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1687 to 22 May 1710)
Pierre Szegedino † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1475)
György Szelepcsényi †
József Szendi † (Apostolic Administrator: 5 Apr 1982; Bishop: 3 Sep 1983; Archbishop: 31 May 1993 to 14 Aug 1997)
László Tóth † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Apr 1976 to 5 Jun 1987)
Otto János Teofil Tóth (von Volkra) † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1710 to 19 Dec 1720)
Tihamér Tóth † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 May 1938; Bishop: 3 Mar 1939 to 6 May 1939)
Lajos Ujlaky †
János Uski † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1426 to 1728)
Pál Várdai † (Bishop: 1521 to 1526)
Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. †
János Vitéz † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1489 to 1499)
Tamás Zalaházi † (Bishop: 1526 to 3 Feb 1529)
Domonkos Zichy-Vásonkeö † (Bishop: 23 May 1842 to 27 Oct 1849)
Dávid Zsolnay † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Oct 1806 to 4 Nov 1814)
György † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1403 to 1412)
Maternus † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1392 to 3 Apr 1395)
Meskó † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1334 to 1344)
Róbert † (Bishop: 1209 to 13 Mar 1226)
Stephanus † (Bishop: 1009)

Source(s)

Diocese of Veszprém
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 523, and Page 524
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 266
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 331
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 365, and Page 366
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 413
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 439, and Page 440
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 395
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 386, to Page 387
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 34, Page 295
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 308
Archdiocese of Veszprém
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 869, to Page 876

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