Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza

The Hungarian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza is an eparchy (diocese) of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Hungarian language.

Diocese of Nyíregyháza Dioecesis Nyiregyhazanus Nyíregyházi egyházmegye
Cathedral of the diocese
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolitan	sui iuris
Statistics
Area	5,936 km^2 (2,292 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 559,272 102,484 (18.3%)
Information
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Nyíregyháza
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ábel Szocska
Metropolitan Archbishop	Péter Fülöp Kocsis
Map
Territory of the Eparchy of Nyíregyháza
Website
Website

It has its cathedral episcopal see, Szent Miklós Görögkatolikus székesegyház, in Nyíregyháza (Hungary). It is a suffragan of the Hungarian Catholic Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, a Metropolitanate sui juris and the Hungarian Catholics' only province.

History

It was created by the Holy See on 20 March 2015, on territory split off from the then Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog, which at the same time was elevated to an Archeparchy and became Nyíregyházai's Metropolitan, the other suffragan being the former Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc, which was simultaneously promoted to Eparchy.

Eparchial Bishops

Apostolic administrators:

• Atanáz Orosz, bishop of Miskolc (20 Mar 2015 – 31 Oct 2015)
• Fr. Ábel Szocska, O.S.B.M. (31 Oct 2015 – 7 Apr 2018)

Eparchial Bishops:

• Ábel Szocska, O.S.B.M. (since 7 Apr 2018)

Source and External links

• GigaCatholic with episcopal incumbent biography links