Archdiocese of Esztergom

The St. Adalbert's Basilica in Esztergom built between 1822-1869

The archbishopric of Esztergom (or archbishopric of Gran) was the most prominent historical archdiocese in (Austro-)Hungary.

History

It was created in 1000 under Stephen I of Hungary largely on the territory of Upper Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon, its territory was reduced to its present-day extent and it became the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest on 31 May 1993. The rest became part of the Catholic structures of Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).

List of Archbishops of Esztergom

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• Domonkos (archbishop 1000)
• Sebestyén (Sebastian) (archbishop 1001)
• Radla (archbishop 1002)
• Anastaz-Astrik (archbishop ca.1007)
• Sebestyén (again) (archbishop after 1012)
• Benedek-Beneta (archbishop 1046-1055)
• Dezső (archbishop 1067)
• Nehemias (archbishop 1075- 1077/79)
• Acha (archbishop 1087-ca.1090)
• István (Stephan) (archbishop 1093)
• Seraphin (archbishop 1094)
• Lőrinc (Lawrence) (archbishop 1105)
• Marcel (archbishop 1116)
• Felician (archbishop 1127)
• Makár (b. 1143–b. 1150)
• Kökényes (archbishop 1150)
• Martyrius (archbishop 1151)
• Lucas (archbishop 1158)
• Nicholas (1181 - 1183)
• Job (archbishop 1185)
• Ugrin ''de genere'' Csák (archbishop April 1204 - August 1204)
• Kalán (archbishop 1204)
• John (archbishop 1205)
• Tamás (Thomas) (archbishop February 1224 - November 1224)
• Robert (1226 - 1239)
• Mátyás (Mathias) de genere Rátót (primate, archbishop 1239)
• István (Stephan) de genere Báncsa (archbishop, cardinal 1242)
• Benedek (archbishop 1254)
• Fülöp Szentgróti (archbishop 1262)
• Miklós (Nicholas) de genere Kán (archbishop 1273)
• Benedek (archbishop 1274)
• Miklós (Nicholas) de genere Kán (again) (archbishop 1276)
• Lodomer (1279 - 1298)
• Gregory Bicskei (archbishop-elect, 1298 - 1303)
• Mihály (Michael) de genere Bő (archbishop 1303)
• Tamás (Thomas) (archbishop 1305)
• Boleslav Piast (archbishop 1321)
• Miklós (Nicholas) Dörögdi (archbishop 1328)
• Csanád Telegdi (archbishop 1330)
• Miklós (Nicholas) Vásári (archbishop 1350)
• Miklós (Nicholas) Keszei (archbishop 1367)
• Tamás (Thomas) Telegdi (archbishop 1367)
• János (John) De Surdis (archbishop 1376)
• Demeter (archbishop 1378)
• János (John) Kanizsai (primate, archbishop 1387 From 1395)
• Péter (Peter) (apostolic coadjutor - 1418)
• László (Ladislaus) Csetneki (apostolic coadjutor - 1418)
• György (George) Hohenlohe (apostolic coadjutor - 1418)
• János (John) Borsnitz (apostolic coadjutor - 1418)
• György Pálóczy (primate, archbishop - 1423)
• Dénes Szécsi (primate, archbishop - 1440)
• János Vitéz (primate, archbishop - 1465 - 1472)
• Johann Beckenschlager (primate, archbishop 15 Mar 1474 - 21 Mar 1487)
• John of Aragon (primate, archbishop - 1480)
• Hippolit Estei (primate, archbishop - 1486)
• Tamás Bakócz (primate, archbishop, cardinal - 1497 - 1521)
• György Szatmári (primate, archbishop - 1522)
• László Szalkai (primate, archbishop - 1524)
• Pál Várdai (primate, archbishop 1526 - 12 Oct 1549 )
• Giorgio Martinuzzi(primate, archbishop, cardinal - 1551)
• Miklós Oláh (primate, archbishop - 1553)
• Antal Verancsics (Antun Vrančić) (primate, archbishop 17 Oct 1569 - 15 Jun 1573 )
• Miklós Telegdy (primate, archbishop 1580 - 22 Apr 1586 )
• István Fehérkövi (primate, archbishop - 1596)
• János Kutasi (primate, archbishop - 1597)
• Ferenc Forgách (primate, archbishop - 1607)
• Péter Pázmány (primate, archbishop, cardinal 28 Oct 1616 - 19 Mar 1637 )
• Imre Lósi (primate, archbishop - 1637)
• György Lippay (primate, archbishop - 1642)
• György Szelepcsényi (primate, archbishop - 1666)
• György Széchényi (primate, archbishop - 1685)
• Leopold Karl, Graf von Kollonitsch (primate, archbishop, cardinal 22 Aug 1695 - 20 Jan 1707 )
• Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 20 Jan 1707 - 23 Aug 1725 )
• Imre Esterházy (prince primate, archbishop - 1725)
• Miklós Csáky (prince primate, archbishop - 1751)
• Ferenc Barkóczy (prince primate, archbishop - 1761)
• József Batthyány (prince primate, archbishop 20 May 1776 - 23 Oct 1799 )
• Karl Ambrosius of Austria (prince primate, archbishop 16 Mar 1808 - 2 Sep 1809 )
• Sándor Rudnay Divékújfalusi (prince primate, archbishop 17 Dec 1819 - 13 Sep 1831 )
• József Kopácsy (prince primate, archbishop 15 Dec 1838 - 17 Sept 1847)
• János Hám (prince primate, archbishop June 1848 - July 1849)
• Johannes Scitovszky (prince primate, archbishop 28 Sep 1849 - 19 Oct 1866 )
• János Simor (prince primate, archbishop 22 Feb 1867 - 23 Jan 1891 )
• Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1891 - 1 Jan 1913 )
• János Csernoch (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1912 - 25 Jul 1927 )
• Jusztinián György Serédi, O.S.B. (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 30 Nov 1927 - 29 Mar 1945 )
• József Mindszenty (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 2 Oct 1945 - 18 Dec 1973 )
  • Endre Hamvas (apostolic coadjutor 18. July 1950)
  • Mihály Endrey (apostolic coadjutor 9. February 1957)
  • Artur Schwarz-Eggenhoffer (apostolic coadjutor 6. June 1957)
  • Imre Szabó (apostolic coadjutor 10. January 1957)
  • Imre Kisberk (apostolic coadjutor 28. September 1971)
  • László Lékai (as apostolic coadjutor 2. February 1974)
• László Lékai (as primate, archbishop, cardinal 12 Feb 1976 - 30 Jun 1986 )
• László Paskai (primate, archbishop, cardinal 3 March 1987 - 7 Dec. 2002) (as Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest after 1993; see there for thefurther archiepiscopal succession

List of Coadjutor Archbishops of Esztergom

• Stefan Schuch (from Vác) after 1711.

See also

• Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
• Roman Catholicism in Hungary

External links

• History of the Archdiocese (only in Hungarian)
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