Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár

Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Veszprém
Headquarters	Kaposvár
Coordinates	46°21′28″N 17°47′17″E
Statistics
Area	6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 397,800 292,000 (73.0%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 31, 1993 (1993-05-31)
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Kaposvár
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	László Varga
Metropolitan Archbishop	Udvardy György
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
kaposvar.egyhazmegye.hu

The Diocese of Kaposvár (Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.

Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.

History

• Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár

• Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31)
• László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary
• Catholic Church in Hungary

Sources

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• Official website