Roman Catholic diocese in Hungary
The Diocese of Pécs (
Hungarian : Pécsi Egyházmegye ,
Latin : Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis ) is a
Latin Church
diocese of the
Catholic church in
Hungary . The
Cathedral of Pécs is dedicated to
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul .
Secular offices connected to the bishopric
The Bishops of Pécs were
perpetual ispáns of
Baranya (
Hungarian : Baranya vármegye örökös főispánja ,
Latin : Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes ) from the 16th century until 1777.
List of the bishops of Pécs
Bonipert (1009–1036)
St Maurus (1036–c. 1075)
Stephen I (c. 1093)
Simon (c. 1108–b. 1136)
Nana (c. 1135)
Macarius I (b. 1138–b. 1143)
John I (b. 1143–c. 1148)
Antimius (c. 1148–c. 1158)
Macarius II (b. 1162–1186)
Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán (1186–1218)
Bartholomew le Gros (1219–1251)
Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pázmány (1251–1252)
Job from the kindred Záh (1252–b. 1282)
Paul Balog (1293–1306)
Manfred (elected, but not consecrated) (1306)
Peter I (1306–1314)
Ladislaus Kórógyi (1314–1345)
Nicholas Neszmélyi (1346–1360)
William of Koppenbach (1361–1374)
Bálint Alsáni (1374–1408)
John Albeni (1410–1420)
Henry Albeni [] (1421–1444)
Andrew Kálnói (1445–1455)
Nicholas Barius (1455–1459)
Janus Pannonius (1459–1472)
Sigismund Ernuszt (1473–1505)
George Szatmári (1505–1522)
Szaniszló Várallyai † ( 1541 Appointed – 21 Apr 1548 Died)
Antun Vrančić (Antal Verancsics ) † ( 1554 Appointed – 1557 Appointed,
Bishop of Eger )
György Draskovics † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed – 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
Mikuláš Telegdy † ( 1579 Appointed – 22 Apr 1586 Died)
Nikola Stepanić Selnički (1596–1598)
Johannes Pyber de Gyerkény † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
Benedikt Vinković † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed – 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
István Bosnyák † (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed – 23 Sep 1644 Died)
György Széchényi † (6 May 1647 Appointed – 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
Pál Hoffmann † (3 Aug 1655 Appointed – 24 Jun 1659 Died)
Ján Salix O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed – Mar 1668 Died)
Ján Gubasóczy † ( 1668 Appointed – 1676 Appointed,
Bishop of Vác )
Pál Széchényi O.S.P.P.E. † (18 Apr 1678 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
Mátyás Ignác Radanay † (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed – Apr 1703 Died)
Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode † (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed – 29 Sep 1732 Died)
Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (2 Mar 1733 Appointed – 25 Dec 1734 Died)
Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (15 Nov 1735 Appointed – 18 Aug 1739 Died)
Zsigmond József Berényi † (30 Sep 1740 Appointed – 25 Sep 1748 Died)
György Klimó † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed – 2 May 1777 Died)
Pál László Esterházy † (2 Apr 1781 Appointed – 7 Nov 1799 Died)
József Király † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed – 17 Jul 1825 Died)
Ignác Szepesy de Négyes † (11 Jan 1828 Appointed – 16 Jul 1838 Died)
János Scitovszky † (18 Feb 1839 Appointed – 28 Sep 1849 Appointed,
Archbishop of Esztergom )
György Girk † (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1868 Died)
Zsigmond Kovács † (25 Jun 1869 Appointed – 25 Jun 1877 Appointed,
Bishop of Veszprém )
Nándor Dulánszky † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed – 24 Jan 1896 Died)
Sámuel Hetyey de Eadem † (14 Dec 1897 Appointed – 1 Sep 1903 Died)
Gyula Zichy † (11 Dec 1905 Appointed – 31 Aug 1925 Appointed,
Archbishop of Kalocsa )
Ferenc Virág † (27 Mar 1926 Appointed – 2 Mar 1958 Died)
Ferenc Rogacs † (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded – 20 Feb 1961 Died)
József Cserháti † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed – 3 Nov 1989 Retired)
Mihály Mayer (3 Nov 1989 Appointed – 19 Jan 2011 Retired)
György Udvardy (9 Apr 2011 Appointed – )
Auxiliary bishops
References
Sources
Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század) , főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994)
Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: Magyarország főispánjai 1526-1848 (Argumentum, Budapest, 1994)
Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I-III. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig; 1526-1848, 1848-1944 , főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981, 1982, 1993)
Magyar Történelmi Fogalomtár I-II. – A-K; L-ZS , főszerkesztő: Bán, Péter (Gondolat, Budapest, 1989)
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