Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye | |
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Location | |
Country | Hungary |
Ecclesiastical province | Veszprém |
Headquarters | Kaposvár |
Coordinates | 46°21′28″N 17°47′17″E / 46.35771250°N 17.78794040°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 397,800 292,000 (73.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 31, 1993 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Kaposvár |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | László Varga |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Udvardy György |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese | |
Website | |
kaposvar |
The Diocese of Kaposvár ( Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.
Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.
As of 2014 [update], it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.
Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye | |
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Location | |
Country | Hungary |
Ecclesiastical province | Veszprém |
Headquarters | Kaposvár |
Coordinates | 46°21′28″N 17°47′17″E / 46.35771250°N 17.78794040°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 397,800 292,000 (73.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | May 31, 1993 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Kaposvár |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | László Varga |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Udvardy György |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese | |
Website | |
kaposvar |
The Diocese of Kaposvár ( Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.
Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.
As of 2014 [update], it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.