Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár
Diocese of Kaposvár Dioecesis Kaposvarensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Ecclesiastical province | Veszprém |
| Metropolitan | Veszprém |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,790 km2 (2,620 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 398,851 293,153 (73.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kaposvár |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | László Varga |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gyula Márfi |
| Map | |
 Map of the Diocese | |
| Website | |
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The Diocese of Kaposvár (Template:Lang-la) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.
Its cathedral episcopal is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Template:Lang-hu), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.
History
- Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite natives)
- Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár
- Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31)
- László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...)
See also
Sources and external links
| Province of Eger | |
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| Province of Esztergom–Budapest | |
| Province of Kalocsa–Kecskemét | |
| Province of Veszprém | |
| Hungarian Greek Catholic Jurisdiction | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions | |
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