The archbishopric of Esztergom

Esztergom

Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....

(or archbishopric of Gran) was a historical diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 created in 1000 under Stephen I of Hungary largely on the territory of Upper Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Trianon

The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...

, its territory was reduced to its present-day extent and it became the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest

Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. It represents two Hungarian cities, Esztergom and the national capital Budapest...

 on 31 May 1993. The rest became part of the Catholic structures of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (now Slovakia).

List of Archbishops of Esztergom

• 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 (archbishop 1142)
• Kökényes (archbishop 1150)
• Martyrius (archbishop 1151)
• Lukács (Lucas)Bánfi (archbishop 1158)
• Miklós (Nicholas) (archbishop 1181)
• Job (archbishop 1185)
• Ugrin de genere Csák (archbishop April 1204 - August 1204)
• Kalán (archbishop 1204)
• John of Merani (archbishop 1205)
• Tamás (Thomas) (archbishop February 1224 - November 1224)
• Robert (archbishop 1226)
• 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)
• Lodomir de genere Monoslo (archbishop 1279)
• Gergely Bicskei (archbishop 1298)
• 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]]

János Vitéz (archbishop)

János Vitéz was the Hungarian archbishop of Esztergom and a prominent humanist, diplomat, Latinist, mathematician, astrologist and astronomer....

 (primate, archbishop - 1465)

• 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)
• 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
  Péter Pázmány
  Péter Pázmány de Panasz was a Hungarian philosopher, theologian, catholic cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation in Royal Hungary. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism in Hungary.His most important legacy was his creation of the...
  
   (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 Széchenyi(primate, archbishop - 1685)
• Leopold Karl Graf von Kollonitsch(primate, archbishop 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 Ferdinand von Habsburg (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 (prince primate, archbishop, cardianl 13 Dec 1891 - 1 Jan 1913 )
• János Csernoch (prince primate, archbishop, cardinal 13 Dec 1912 - 25 Jul 1927 )
• Jusztinián György Serédi OSB (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
  László Lékai
  László Lékai was Archbishop of Esztergom and a Cardinal.He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 September 1934. He served as a Faculty member at the Seminary of Veszprém and did pastoral work in the diocese of Veszprém from 1934 until 1944. He served as private secretary to future Cardinal József...
  
   (as primate, archbishop, cardinal 12 Feb 1976 - 30 Jun 1986 )
• László Paskai (primate, archbishop, cardinal 3 Mar 1987 - 7 Dec 2002) (as Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest after 1993)
• Péter Erdő (primate, archbishop, cardinal 7 Dec 2002 - )

External links

• History of the Archdiocese (only in Hungarian)