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Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza

Debrecenen(sis)-Nyiregyhazan(us)

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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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.