Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Archidioecesis Colocensis-Kecskemetensis Kalocsa-Kecskeméti főegyházmegye |
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Cathedral in Kalocsa
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Location | |
Country | Hungary |
Ecclesiastical province | Kalocsa-Kecskemét |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,372 km2 (3,232 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 536,409 368,755 (68.7%) |
Parishes | 127 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption in Kalocsa |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of Our Lord in Kecskemét |
Patron saint | St Paul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Balázs Bábel |
Suffragans |
Diocese of Pécs Diocese of Szeged–Csanád |
Vicar General | Finta József |
Episcopal Vicars | Polyák Imre |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kalocsa–Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Colocensis–Kecskemetensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. Since 1993, its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in 1999.
The Archdiocese of Kalocsa was probably originally set up as a Bishopric by King Stephen I of Hungary, but it became the second Archbishopric in 1009. Its original suffragans were the bishops of Bihar (Romanian: Biharea) and Transylvania. Around 1028 the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád also became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa.
The Archbishops of Kalocsa were, from the 15th century to 1776, the perpetual ispáns (Hungarian: Bács vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Bacsiensis perpetuus supremus comes).