Hungarian Diocese of

Nyíregyháza

Hungary Hungary

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Hungarian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nyíregyháza (Magyar) / Nyiregyhazan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hajdúdorog

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.07 – ...):Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52)Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nyíregyháza (Hungarian Rite)

Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52)Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52)
(2018.04.07 – ...)

Bishop of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary)

Segítségeddel

Born:1972.09.21 (Vynohradiv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:2001.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:2018.05.10

Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary) (2015.10.31 – 2018.04.07)

Bishop of Nyíregyháza of the Hungarians (Hungary) (2018.04.07 – ...)

Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52)Fr. Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (52) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.10.31 – 2018.04.07)

Bishop Atanáz Orosz (64)Bishop Atanáz Orosz (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.03.20 – 2015.10.31)

Special Churches

Hajdúdorog (↙), Miskolc (←), Košice (↑), Mukacheve (↗), Maramureş (→), Oradea Mare (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,936 km²

Population: 99,821 Catholics (18.3% of 545,450 total)

Pastoral Centres: 86 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 124 priests (118 diocesan, 6 religious), 8 religious (6 brothers, 2 sisters), 11 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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