Hungarian Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog

The Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog (Latin: Archidioecesis Haidudoroghensis) is a Hungarian Greek Catholic Church archeparchy of the Catholic Church that is in full communion with the Holy See. The archeparchy is the metropolitan see of its ecclesiastical province which covers the whole of Hungary. The archeparch (equivalent to an archbishop in the Latin Church) is also, ex officio, the metropolitan bishop of the metropolis. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Presentation of Mary in the city of Hajdúdorog.

Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog

Archidioecesis Haidudoroghensis

Hajdúdorogi Főegyházmegye
Hajdúdorog Cathedral
Location
Country Hungary
MetropolitanMetropolitan see sui iuris of Hajdúdorog
Statistics
Area73,341 km2 (28,317 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2011)
8,207,275
197,501 (2.4%)
Information
RiteByzantine Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Presentation of Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPéter Fülöp Kocsis
Bishops emeritusSzilárd Keresztes
Map
Territory of the Archeparchy of Hajdudorog, excluding the Eparchy of Miskolc and Nyiregyhaza
Territory of the Archeparchy of Hajdudorog, excluding the Eparchy of Miskolc and Nyiregyhaza
Website
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History

On 8 June 1912, it was established as Eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of Hajdúdorog, on territory formerly belonging to the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, the Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Prešov, the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom (Hungary), the Eparchies of Gherla, Armenopoli and Szamos-Ujvár, Mukachevo and Oradea Mare.

According to Austro-Hungarian authorities, a bomb sent by Ilie Cătărău exploded on 23 February 1914 at the palace of the new Eparchy of Hajdúdorog; 3 people were killed and over 20 wounded.

On 9 April 1934, the eparchy lost territory to Metropolitanate sui juris of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and Eparchies of Maramureş and Oradea Mare (in Romania) and on 5 March 2011 lost more territory to the pre-existing, also Hungarian (Greek) Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc.

On 20 March 2015, it was elevated to Archeparchy and Metropolitanate sui juris, with two simultaneously created suffragan Eparchies comprised in its new province:

Special churches

List of eparchs

Eparchs (Bishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite)
Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Hajdúdorog (Byzantine Rite)

See also

References


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