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Hungary

Also known as: Ungarn (Deutsch), Hungría (español), la Hongrie (français), Ungheria (Italiano), Węgry (polski), Hungria (Português), Magyarország (Magyar), 匈牙利 (正體中文), ハンガリー (日本語), Hungaria (latine), Pannonia (latine)

By Type (17)

Metropolitan Sees sui juris Metropolitanate (1)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (4)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (10)

Territorial Abbacies Territorial Abbacy (1)

Military Ordinariates Military Ordinariate (1)


By Rite

Roman Rite (14): Debrecen–Nyíregyháza, Eger, Esztergom–Budapest, Győr, Kalocsa–Kecskemét, Kaposvár, Magyarországi katonai ordinariátus, Pannonhalma, Pécs, Szeged–Csanád, Székesfehérvár, Szombathely, Vác, Veszprém

Hungarian Church (3): Hajdúdorog, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza


by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses


Apostolic Nunciature: Hungary Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach (61)

Conference of Bishops: Magyar Katolikus Püspöki Konferencia Bishop András Veres (64)

Council of Churches: Council of the Hungarian Church Archbishop Peter Fülöp Kocsis (61)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) Bishop Mariano Crociata (71)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (62)

CardinalsCardinals (1 elector/1 total)

Cardinal Péter Erdő (72)Péter Erdő (72)

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Recent Events

Special Churches

Cathedrals Cathedrals (21)

Basilicas Basilicas (19)

National Shrines National Shrines (2)

World Heritage Churches World Heritage Churches (2)

Celebrations

Patron Saints: Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint Gerard of Csanád, Saint Adalbert

Saints: 20 Saints, 14 Blesseds

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Documents and Celebrations Text

Papal Visits


Geography

Continent: East Europe

Capital: Budapest

Area: 89,608 km²

Population: 9,850,845

Neighbouring Countries: Croatia Croatia, ↙ Slovenia Slovenia, ← Austria Austria, ↑ Slovakia Slovakia, ↗ Ukraine Ukraine, → Romania Romania, ↓ Serbia Serbia

Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, unspecified 27.2%

Languages: Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%

Ethnic Groups: Hungarian 85.6%, Romani 3.2%, German 1.9%, other 2.6%, unspecified 14.1%

Motto: Regnum Mariæ Patrona Hungariæ (Latin) (Kingdom of Mary, Patron of Hungary)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 93,032 km²

Catholic Population: 5,956,000 Catholics (61.2% of 9,731,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 2,048 parishes, 168 other centres

Clergy: 34 bishops (16 diocesan, 18 titular), 1,967 priests (1,644 diocesan, 323 religious), 167 permanent deacons (162 diocesan, 5 religious)

Non-Clergy: 641 religious (62 brothers, 579 sisters), 97 members of secular institutes (sisters), 287 major seminarians, 54 missionaries, 2,302 catechists

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Last updated on 2024.08.31

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