Diocese of Pécs
Quinque Ecclesien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pécs, Hungary
The Diocese of Pécs is a Latin Church diocese in southern Hungary, founded in 1009 by King Saint Stephen. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét and covers Baranya and Tolna counties.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1009
- Latin
- Quinque Ecclesien(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001002566
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 439,000
- Population
- 664,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 66.1%
- Priests
- 89
- Catholics per priest
- 4,933
- Extent
- 8,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- László Felföldi
- Born
- 4 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Geszteréd
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 Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul stands in Pécs, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Kalocsa–KecskemétKalocsa–Kecskemét
- Diocese of Szeged–CsanádSzeged–Csanád
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Hungary, the Diocese of Pécs is known in Hungarian as the Pécsi Egyházmegye and in Latin as the Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis. Its cathedral, the Cathedral of Pécs, carries a dedication to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
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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.