Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Kaposvár
Latin:Dioecesis Kaposvarensis
Local:Kaposvári egyházmegye
Province:Veszprém
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Area Km2:6,790
Population:397,800
Population As Of:2019
Catholics:292,000
Catholics Percent:73.0
Bishop:László Varga
Metro Archbishop:Udvardy György
Map:Map of Diocese of Kaposvar.png
Map Size:250px
Coordinates:46.3577°N 17.7879°W
Headquarters:Kaposvár

The Diocese of Kaposvár (Latin: Dioecesis Kaposvarensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary.

Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County.

History

Statistics

, 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

Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár

See also

Sources