Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

Cathedral in Kalocsa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kalocsa–Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Colocensis–Kecskemetensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. Since 1993, its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in 1999.

Establishment of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Kalocsa was probably originally set up as a Bishopric by King Stephen I of Hungary, but it became the second Archbishopric in 1009. Its original suffragans were the bishops of Bihar (Romanian: Biharea) and Transylvania. Around 1028 the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád also became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa.

Secular offices connected to the archbishopric

The Archbishops of Kalocsa were, from the 15th century to 1776, the Perpetual Counts of Bács (Hungarian: Bács vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Bacsiensis perpetuus supremus comes).

Ordinaries

• Astrik (c. 1009)
• George (c. 1050)
• Juraj Drašković † (1574 Appointed - 31 January 1587 Died)
• Štefan Szuhay † ( 1607 Appointed - 9 Jun 1608 Died)
• Ján Telegdy † ( 1624 Appointed - 1647 Died)
• Ján Gubasóczy † ( 1685 Appointed - 10 Apr 1686 Died)
• Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch Lipót † (6 Mar 1690 Appointed - 22 Aug 1695 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Imre Csáky (1710 Appointed -1732)
• Herman Gabrijel Patačić
• József Batthyány † (15 Dec 1760 Appointed - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• baron Adam Patačić
• Ladislav Kolonić (László Kollonitz)
• Peter Klobusiczky † (19 Apr 1822 Appointed - 2 Jul 1843 Died)
• József Kunszt † (15 Mar 1852 Appointed - 15 Jan 1866 Died)
• Lajos Haynald † (17 May 1867 Appointed - 4 Jul 1891 Died)
• Juraj Császka † (27 Oct 1891 Appointed - 11 Aug 1904 Died)
• János Csernoch † (20 Apr 1911 Appointed - 13 Dec 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Árpád Lipót Várady † (25 May 1914 Appointed - 1923 Died)
• Gyula Zichy † (31 Aug 1925 Appointed - 1942 Died)
• Gyula Glattfelder † ( 1942 Appointed - 1943 Died)
• József Grósz † (7 May 1943 Appointed - 3 Oct 1961 Died)
• Endre Hamvas † (15 Sep 1964 Appointed - 1969 Retired)
• József Ijjas † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed - 5 Jun 1987 Retired)
• László Dankó † (5 Jun 1987 Appointed - 25 Jun 1999 Died)
• Balázs Bábel (25 Jun 1999 Succeeded - )

Sources

• Balogh, Margit - Gergely, Jenő: Egyházak az újkori Magyarországon (1790-1992) - Adattár (MTA Történettudományi Intézete, Budapest, 1996)
• 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)
• Fallenbüchl, Zoltán: Magyarország főméltóságai (Maecenas, 1988)
• Karácsonyi, János: Magyarország egyháztörténete főbb vonásaiban 970-től 1900-ig (Könyvértékesítő Vállalat, Budapest, 1985)

References

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bacs