Denomination Roman Catholic Established 11th century Area 5,100 km² Bishop Lajos Pápai | Metropolitan archbishop Péter Erdő | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)530,000370,000 (69.8%) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr (Hungarian: Győri Egyházmegye, German: Bistum Raab, Latin: Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest. The diocese is believed to have been established in 1009 by King Stephen I of Hungary, along with most of the other Hungarian dioceses.
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The Cathedral of Győr is dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary. The current bishop is Lajos Pápai, who was appointed in 1991.
Secular offices connected to the bishopric
The Bishops of Győr were Perpetual Counts of Baranya (Hungarian: Győr vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Jaurinensis perpetuus supremus comes) from the 16th century till 1783.
List of the Bishops of Győr
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA