Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár
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.
Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis Kaposvári egyházmegye | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Ecclesiastical province | Veszprém |
| Metropolitan | 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%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | May 31, 1993 |
| 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 | |
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 per 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
(all Roman rite natives)
- 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 – ...)
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| Province of Eger | |
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| Province of Esztergom–Budapest | |
| Province of Kalocsa–Kecskemét | |
| Province of Veszprém | |
| Hungarian Greek Catholic Jurisdiction | |
| Sui iuris Jurisdictions | |
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