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Diocese of Pannonhalma

S. Martini in Monte Pannoniae

The Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma is a Benedictine archabbacy in northwestern Hungary, founded in 996 and dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. As a territorial abbacy it is immediately subject to the Holy See and is led by an archabbot, Cirill Tamás Hortobágyi, OSB, since 2018.

The see

Rank
Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
996
Latin
S. Martini in Monte Pannoniae
Patron
Saint Martin of Tours
Annuario code
001000301

The see in figures

Catholics
21,400
Population
31,188
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
68.6%
Priests
33
Catholics per priest
648
Extent
47 km²
Catholics per km²
455

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

Archabbot
T. Cirill Hortobágyi

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

Archabbey Basilica of St. Martin, Pannonhalma stands in Pannonhalma, 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.

History

Founded in 996, the Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey, formally the Territorial Abbey of Saint Martin on Mount Pannonhalma (Latin: Archiabbatia or Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae), ranks among the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. The medieval building sits atop a hill (282 m) near the town of Pannonhalma.

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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.