Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár
Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye | |
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| 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 (
Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary
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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.
History
- Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.
Statistics
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.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár
- Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously Auxiliary Bishopof Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31)
- László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)
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| Province of Esztergom–Budapest | |
| Province of Kalocsa–Kecskemét |
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| Province of Veszprém | |
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