Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza
Debrecenen(sis)-Nyiregyhazan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Latin-rite diocese in eastern Hungary, erected 31 May 1993 from territory of the Archdiocese of Eger and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanad. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Eger. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Anne in Debrecen, with the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hungarians in Nyiregyhaza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 May 1993
- Latin
- Debrecenen(sis)-Nyiregyhazan(us)
- Patron
- san Ladislao
- Annuario code
- 001001285
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 250,000
- Population
- 1,137,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 22.0%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 3,247
- Extent
- 11,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ferenc Palanki
- Born
- 11 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Balassagyarmat
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Anne, Debrecen stands in Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hungarians, Nyiregyhaza.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Eger
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Eger.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Hungary's cities of Debrecen and Nyíregyháza jointly host the Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (Latin: Dioecesis Debrecenensis-Nyiregyhazanus), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Eger.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.