Roman Catholic Diocese of Szombathely

Roman Catholic Diocese of Szombathely
Diocese of Szombathely
Dioecesis Sabariensis
Location
Country Hungary
Metropolitan Veszprém
Statistics
Area 4,660 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
378,000
294,000 (77.8%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Sarlósboldogasszony székesegyházi
(Cathedral of the Visitation of Our Lady)
Current leadership
Bishop András Veres

The Diocese of Szombathely (Latin: Dioecesis Sabariensis) is a diocese located in the city of Szombathely in the Ecclesiastical province of Veszprém in Hungary.

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History

  • June 17, 1777: Established as Diocese of Szombathely (German Steinamanger) from the Diocese of Veszprém and Diocese of Zagreb, Croatia. Its first bishop was John Szily (1777-99), who built the episcopal residence and the cathedral. His successor, Cardinal Franz Herzen (1799-1804), was envoy of Joseph II to the Holy See.[1]

Leadership

Sarlósboldogasszony székesegyházi
(Cathedral of the Visitation of Our Lady)
  • Bishops of Szombathely (Roman rite)
    • Bishop András Veres (since 2006.06.20)
    • Bishop István Konkoly (1987.06.05 – 2006.06.20)
    • Bishop Árpád Fábián, O. Praem. (1975.01.07 – 1986.05.14)
    • Bishop Árpád Fábián, O. Praem. (Apostolic Administrator 1972.02.08 – 1975.01.07)
    • Bishop Sándor Kovács (1944.03.03 – 1972)
    • Archbishop József Grósz (1939.07.19 – 1943.05.07)
    • Archbishop János Mikes (1911.12.11 – 1936.11.21)
    • Bishop Cornelio Hidasy (1883.03.15 – ?)
    • Bishop Enrico Szabó (1869.11.22 – 1881)
    • Bishop Leopold Perlaki Somogy (1806.08.26 – 1822.02.20)
    • Cardinal Franziskus von Paula Herzan von Harras (1800.05.12 – 1804.06.01)

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