Diocese of Pecs Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis Pecsi Egyhazmegye
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Kalocsa-Kecskemet
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemet
Statistics
Area	8,200 km 2 (3,200 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 664,000 439,000 (66.1%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin
Established	1009
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Paul in Pecs
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Laszlo Felfoldi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Balazs Babel
Vicar General	Frigyes Kvanduk
Episcopal Vicars	Ferenc Pavlekovics
Bishops emeritus	Mihaly Mayer
Map
Map of the Diocese
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Pecs ( Hungarian : Pecsi Egyhazmegye , Latin : Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Hungary . The Cathedral of Pecs is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul .

Secular offices connected to the bishopric [ edit ]

The Bishops of Pecs were perpetual ispans of Baranya ( Hungarian : Baranya varmegye orokos f?ispanja , Latin : Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes ) from the 16th century until 1777.

List of the bishops of Pecs [ edit ]

• Bonipert (1009–1036)
• St Maurus (1036– c. 1075)
• Stephen I ( c. 1093)
• Simon ( c. 1108– b. 1136)
• Nana ( c. 1135)
• Macarius I ( b. 1138– b. 1143)
• John I ( b. 1143– c. 1148)
• Antimius ( c. 1148– c. 1158)
• Macarius II ( b. 1162–1186)
• Kalan from the kindred Bar-Kalan (1186–1218)
• Bartholomew le Gros (1219–1251)
• Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pazmany (1251–1252)
• Job from the kindred Zah (1252– b. 1282)
  • Sede vacante (1282–1293)
• Paul Balog (1293–1306)
• Manfred (elected, but not consecrated) (1306)
• Peter I (1306–1314)
• Ladislaus Korogyi (1314–1345)
• Nicholas Neszmelyi (1346–1360)
• William of Koppenbach (1361–1374)
• Balint Alsani (1374–1408)
  • Sede vacante (1408–1410)
• John Albeni (1410–1420)
• Henry Albeni  [] (1421–1444)
• Andrew Kalnoi (1445–1455)
• Nicholas Barius (1455–1459)
• Janus Pannonius (1459–1472)
• Sigismund Ernuszt (1473–1505)
• George Szatmari (1505–1522)
• Szaniszlo Varallyai † ( 1541 Appointed ? 21 Apr 1548 Died)
• Antun Vran?i? ( Antal Verancsics ) † ( 1554 Appointed ? 1557 Appointed, Bishop of Eger )
• Gyorgy Draskovics † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed ? 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
• Mikula? Telegdy † ( 1579 Appointed ? 22 Apr 1586 Died)
• Nikola Stepani? Selni?ki (1596?1598)
• Johannes Pyber de Gyerkeny † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed ? 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• Benedikt Vinkovi? † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed ? 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
• Istvan Bosnyak † (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed ? 23 Sep 1644 Died)
• Gyorgy Szechenyi † (6 May 1647 Appointed ? 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprem)
• Pal Hoffmann † (3 Aug 1655 Appointed ? 24 Jun 1659 Died)
• Jan Salix O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed ? Mar 1668 Died)
• Jan Gubasoczy † ( 1668 Appointed ? 1676 Appointed, Bishop of Vac )
• Pal Szechenyi O.S.P.P.E. † (18 Apr 1678 Confirmed ? 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprem)
• Matyas Ignac Radanay † (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed ? Apr 1703 Died)
• Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode † (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed ? 29 Sep 1732 Died)
• Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (2 Mar 1733 Appointed ? 25 Dec 1734 Died)
• Juan Alvaro Cienfuegos Villazon, S.J. † (15 Nov 1735 Appointed ? 18 Aug 1739 Died)
• Zsigmond Jozsef Berenyi † (30 Sep 1740 Appointed ? 25 Sep 1748 Died)
• Gyorgy Klimo † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed ? 2 May 1777 Died)
• Pal Laszlo Esterhazy † (2 Apr 1781 Appointed ? 7 Nov 1799 Died)
• Jozsef Kiraly † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed ? 17 Jul 1825 Died)
• Ignac Szepesy de Negyes † (11 Jan 1828 Appointed ? 16 Jul 1838 Died)
• Janos Scitovszky † (18 Feb 1839 Appointed ? 28 Sep 1849 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom )
• Gyorgy Girk † (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed ? 24 Nov 1868 Died)
• Zsigmond Kovacs † (25 Jun 1869 Appointed ? 25 Jun 1877 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprem )
• Nandor Dulanszky † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed ? 24 Jan 1896 Died)
• Samuel Hetyey de Eadem † (14 Dec 1897 Appointed ? 1 Sep 1903 Died)
• Gyula Zichy † (11 Dec 1905 Appointed ? 31 Aug 1925 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa )
• Ferenc Virag † (27 Mar 1926 Appointed ? 2 Mar 1958 Died)
• Ferenc Rogacs † (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded ? 20 Feb 1961 Died)
• Jozsef Cserhati † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed ? 3 Nov 1989 Retired)
• Mihaly Mayer (3 Nov 1989 Appointed ? 19 Jan 2011 Retired)
• Gyorgy Udvardy (9 Apr 2011 Appointed ? )

Auxiliary bishops [ edit ]

• Jozsef Petheo † (24 July 1797 ? 3 July 1809 Died)

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Korai Magyar Torteneti Lexikon (9-14. szazad) , f?szerkeszt?: Kristo, Gyula, szerkeszt?k: Engel, Pal es Makk, Ferenc (Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1994)
• Fallenbuchl, Zoltan: Magyarorszag f?ispanjai 1526-1848 (Argumentum, Budapest, 1994)
• Magyarorszag Torteneti Kronologiaja I-III. ? A kezdetekt?l 1526-ig; 1526-1848, 1848-1944 , f?szerkeszt?: Benda, Kalman (Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1981, 1982, 1993)
• Magyar Tortenelmi Fogalomtar I-II. ? A-K; L-ZS , f?szerkeszt?: Ban, Peter (Gondolat, Budapest, 1989)
• Fallenbuchl, Zoltan: Magyarorszag f?meltosagai (Maecenas, 1988)

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