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Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét

Colocen(sis)-Kecskemeten(sis)

The Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in southern Hungary, established as an archbishopric around 1009. Its suffragans are the dioceses of Pécs and Szeged-Csanád. Balázs Bábel has been archbishop since 1999.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1009
Latin
Colocen(sis)-Kecskemeten(sis)
Patron
Saint Paul the Apostle
Annuario code
001001787

The see in figures

Catholics
368,755
Population
536,409
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
68.7%
Priests
101
Catholics per priest
3,651
Extent
8,372 km²
Catholics per km²
44

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

Archbishop
Balázs Bábel
Born
18 October 1950
Birthplace
Gyón

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 the Assumption, Kalocsa stands in Kalocsa–Kecskemét, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Under the patronage of Saint Paul, the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kalocsa-Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Colocensis-Kecskemetensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese in Hungary. It holds metropolitan authority over the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. Balázs Bábel has served as archbishop since his appointment in 1999.

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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.