Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác

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Diocese of Vác

Dioecesis Vaciensis

Váci Egyházmegye
St Michael
St Stephen I
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopZsolt Marton
Metropolitan ArchbishopCsaba Ternyák
Auxiliary BishopsLajos Varga
Map
Map of the Diocese
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Vác, (

Catholic church in Hungary, with its seat in Vác. The diocese was created in 1008 by St. Stephen, the first King of Hungary. Originally known as the "Diocese of Waitzen" in German, it is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Eger
. The current bishop is Zsolt Marton, who was appointed in 2019.

History

Its first bishops were Clement, Lazarus, and Aaron. Lazarus is believed to have been bishop from 1075 to 1077; Stephen was known to have been bishop in 1102. Beginning with

Archbishop of Esztergom; Vincent Szilassy (1450–73), a member of the embassy which brought the newly elected King Matthias Corvinus from Prague to Vác; Wladislaw Szalkai (1514–23), chancellor of King Louis II and afterwards Archbishop of Esztergom; Martinus Pethe (1582–86), transferred to Kalocsa
.

Later important bishops include Sigismund Kolonits (1709–16), transferred to Vienna, and first

Augustinus Roskoványi (1851–59), an eminent theological writer, transferred to Nyitra
in 1859. Roskoványi was succeeded by Anthony Peitler, 1859–85, who founded the library at Vác. In 1900 Count Charles Csáky became bishop.

In 1514, when the Ottoman Turks conquered Vác, the cathedral chapter ceased to exist, but was re-established in 1700.

In the early 20th century, the diocese included parts of the counties of

right of patronage
was exercised by 44 patrons. The diocese included 7 monasteries and 12 nunneries, with altogether 232 inmates. The Catholic population was 757 827.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Waitzen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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