Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}

Historical Details

• Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
  • Latin Name: Magnovaradinensis Latinorum
  • Erected: 1077
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kalocsa
  • Country: Romania

• Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
  • Latin Name: Magnovaradinensis et Satmariensis
  • United: 5 June 1930
  • Country: Romania

• Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
  • Latin Name: Magnovaradinensis Latinorum
  • Split: 28 June 1941
  • Country: Romania

• Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
  • Latin Name: Magnovaradinensis et Satmariensis
  • United: 9 April 1948
  • Country: Romania

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Elvinus † ( 1202 Appointed - 1202 Died)
• Simon † ( 1204 Appointed - )
• Alexander † ( 1219 Appointed - )
• Benedikt † ( 1232 Appointed - 11 Jul 1243 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
• Vincent † ( 1243 Appointed - )
• Demetrius † ( 1260 Appointed - )
• Zosimus † ( 1265 Appointed - )
• Lodomer Vázsony † ( 1268 Appointed - 1 Jun 1279 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Thomas de Somos † (18 Jun 1282 Appointed - )
• Bartholomäus † ( 1284 Appointed - )
• Benedikt † ( 1291 Appointed - 1296 Died)
• Emmerich † ( 1297 Appointed - 1317 Died)
• Johannes von Ivánka † ( 1318 Appointed - )
• Andreas Briccii de Báthor † ( 1329 Appointed - 1345 Died)
• Demeter de Nethke (Dionyii de Futak) † (15 Jul 1345 Appointed - 1372 Died)
• Domonkos Bebek † (23 Feb 1373 Appointed - 1374 Died)
• Imre Czudar † (18 Dec 1374 Appointed - 2 Oct 1377 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• László de Deménd † (2 Oct 1377 Appointed - 1382 Died)
• Johannes † ( 1382 Appointed - 1395 Died)
• Pál † (24 Jan 1396 Appointed - 1397 Died)
• Lukas de Órév (Szántó) † (22 Mar 1397 Appointed - 1405 Died)
• Eberhard Alben † (Apr 1406 Appointed - 11 Aug 1410 Appointed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
• Andrea Scolari † (11 Aug 1410 Appointed - )
• Giovanni Milanesi † (22 Apr 1426 Appointed - 1427 Died)
• Dionysius Rakch (Jackh de Kusaly) † (23 Jul 1427 Appointed - 1435 Died)
• Johannes de Curzola, O.F.M. † (27 Jul 1435 Appointed - 1440 Died)
• Giovanni de Dominis † (2 Dec 1440 Appointed - 10 Nov 1444 Died)
• János Vitéz (Zredna) † (4 Jun 1445 Appointed - 11 May 1465 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (16 May 1465 Appointed - 13 Jun 1467 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• Nikolaus Stolcz de Slantz † (8 Aug 1470 Appointed - 1476 Died)
• Johann (Jan) Filipec z Prostějov, O.F.M. † (23 May 1477 Appointed - 1490 Resigned)
• Valentin Vlk (Farkas) † (3 Sep 1492 Confirmed - 1495 Died)
• Domonkos Kálmáncsehi † (16 Oct 1495 Appointed - 14 Feb 1502 Appointed, Bishop of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
• György Szatmári † (14 Feb 1502 Appointed - 19 Dec 1505 Appointed, Bishop of Pécs)
• Zsigmond Thurzó † (19 Dec 1505 Appointed - 12 Sep 1512 Died)
• Ferenc Perényi † (30 Apr 1515 Appointed - 29 Aug 1526 Died)
• László de Macedonia † ( 1527 Appointed - 1533 Died)
• Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. † (30 May 1539 Appointed - 17 Dec 1551 Died)
• Mátyás Zabergyei † (3 Aug 1554 Appointed - 1556 Died)
• Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 1566 Died)
• István Radeczy de Zemche † ( 1568 Appointed - 15 May 1573 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• Gergely Bornemissza † (3 Jun 1573 Appointed - 30 Sep 1584 Died)
• Márton Pethe de Hetes † (16 Jan 1589 Appointed - 15 Dec 1600 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Miklós Mikáczy † (15 Dec 1600 Appointed - 1613 Died)
• János Telegdy † ( 1613 Appointed - Mar 1619 Appointed, Bishop of Nitra)
• Imre Lósy † (22 Apr 1630 Appointed - 1634 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
• Ladislas Hosszutotky † (19 Dec 1639 Appointed - 13 Jan 1648 Died)
• Sigismond Zongor † (19 Jul 1649 Appointed - 5 Nov 1657 Died)
• Georges Barsony † (22 Apr 1665 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1678 Died)
• Joachim Luzinszky † (9 May 1678 Appointed - 6 Feb 1681 Died)
• Ágoston Benkovich, O.S.P.P.E. † (25 May 1682 Confirmed - 27 Oct 1702 Died)
• Imre Csáky † (25 Jun 1703 Appointed - 19 Nov 1714 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• János Okolicsány † (17 Jan 1735 Confirmed - 20 Nov 1736 Died)
• Miklós József Csáky † (16 Dec 1737 Confirmed - 4 Sep 1747 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Pál Štefan Forgách † (2 Oct 1747 Confirmed - 26 Sep 1757 Confirmed, Bishop of Vác)
• Ádám Patačić de Zajezda † (28 Jan 1760 Confirmed - 16 Sep 1776 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• László Kollonitz † (25 Jun 1781 Confirmed - 10 Mar 1788 Confirmed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
• Franz Xaver Kalatay † (10 Mar 1788 Confirmed - 27 Mar 1795 Died)
• Nikolaus Kondé de Póka-Telek † (22 Dec 1800 Confirmed - 18 Dec 1802 Died)
• Ferenc Miklósy † (20 Jun 1803 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1811 Died)
• József Vurum † (19 Apr 1822 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1827 Confirmed, Bishop of Nitra)
• Ferenc (František) Lajcsák (Lajčák) † (17 Sep 1827 Confirmed - 26 Jul 1842 Resigned)
• László Bémer de Bezdéd et Kisbáka † (3 Apr 1843 Confirmed - 1850 Resigned)
• Ferenc Szaniszlň de Torda † (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed - 4 Jan 1869 Resigned)
• István (Štefan) Lipovniczky † (20 Apr 1869 Confirmed - 12 Aug 1885 Died)
• Arnold Ipolyi-Stummer † (7 Jun 1886 Confirmed - 2 Dec 1886 Died)
• Lörinc (Vavrinec) Schlauch † (26 May 1887 Confirmed - 10 Jul 1902 Died)
• Pal Szmrecsányi † (25 Jun 1903 Appointed - 9 Aug 1908 Died)
• Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék † (20 Apr 1911 Appointed - 1 Dec 1923 Died)
• István Fiedler † (16 Oct 1930 Appointed - 15 Dec 1939 Resigned)
• Pál Napholcz (Napholz), S.J. † (23 Jul 1940 Appointed - 1 Sep 1940 Resigned)
• Bl. János Scheffler † (9 Apr 1948 Appointed - 6 Dec 1952 Died)
• József Tempfli † (14 Mar 1990 Appointed - 23 Dec 2008 Retired)
• László Bőcskei (23 Dec 2008 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
1984	111,285	1,015,090	11.0%	68	5	73	1,524		6	80	55	ap1991
1999	108,682	1,014,705	10.7%	69	4	73	1,488		4	49	58	ap2000
2000	108,297	1,014,705	10.7%	70	4	74	1,463		4	53	58	ap2001
2001	108,012	1,014,420	10.6%	71	4	75	1,440		4	47	58	ap2002
2002	107,609	1,014,420	10.6%	75	3	78	1,379		4	43	58	ap2003
2003	107,211	1,014,420	10.6%	63	3	66	1,624		7	78	58	ap2004
2004	106,827	1,014,420	10.5%	64	4	68	1,570		8	79	58	ap2005
2013	106,020	1,011,330	10.5%	67	1	68	1,559		1	25	61	ap2014
2016	104,558	1,005,000	10.4%	62	2	64	1,633		3	27	61	ap2017
2019	102,870	987,900	10.4%	61	3	64	1,607		6	24	62	ap2020
2021	79,446	773,095	10.3%	57	6	63	1,261		8	24	62	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• László Bőcskei (Bishop: 23 Dec 2008 - )
• Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P.

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Eberhard Alben † (Bishop: Apr 1406 to 11 Aug 1410)
• Georges Barsony † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1665 to 18 Jan 1678)
• Andreas Briccii de Báthor † (Bishop: 1329 to 1345)
• Domonkos Bebek † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1373 to 1374)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (Bishop: 16 May 1465 to 13 Jun 1467)
• László Bémer de Bezdéd et Kisbáka † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1843 to 1850)
• Ágoston Benkovich, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 25 May 1682 to 27 Oct 1702)
• Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Feb 1949 to 3 Oct 1953)
• Gergely Bornemissza † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1573 to 30 Sep 1584)
• Imre Csáky † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1703 to 19 Nov 1714)
• Miklós József Csáky † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1737 to 4 Sep 1747)
• Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti † (Priest: 18 Apr 1971 to 18 Oct 1982)
• Johannes de Curzola, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1435 to 1440)
• Imre Czudar † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1374 to 2 Oct 1377)
• László de Deménd † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1377 to 1382)
• Giovanni de Dominis † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1440 to 10 Nov 1444)
• Antal Fetser † (Priest: 28 Jan 1885; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Mar 1906 to 22 Jan 1915)
• István Fiedler † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1930 to 15 Dec 1939)
• Johann (Jan) Filipec z Prostějov, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 May 1477 to 1490)
• Pál Štefan Forgách † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1747 to 26 Sep 1757)
• Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1560 to 1566)
• Martin de Gaczah † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Aug 1544)
• Bl. Iuliu Hossu † (Apostolic Administrator: 29 Aug 1941 to 1947)
• Ladislas Hosszutotky † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1639 to 13 Jan 1648)
• Arnold Ipolyi-Stummer † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1886 to 2 Dec 1886)
• Johannes von Ivánka † (Bishop: 1318)
• István Junák † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Nov 1875 to 3 Sep 1879)
• Franz Xaver Kalatay † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1788 to 27 Mar 1795)
• Domonkos Kálmáncsehi † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1495 to 14 Feb 1502)
• László Kollonitz † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1781 to 10 Mar 1788)
• Nikolaus Kondé de Póka-Telek † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1800 to 18 Dec 1802)
• Meletius Kovács † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 11 Apr 1775)
• Ferenc (František) Lajcsák (Lajčák) † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1827 to 26 Jul 1842)
• István (Štefan) Lipovniczky † (Bishop: 20 Apr 1869 to 12 Aug 1885)
• Imre Lósy † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1630 to 1634)
• Joachim Luzinszky † (Bishop: 9 May 1678 to 6 Feb 1681)
• László de Macedonia † (Bishop: 1527 to 1533)
• Györgi Martinuzzi, O.S.P.P.E. † (Bishop: 30 May 1539 to 17 Dec 1551)
• Miklós Mikáczy † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1600 to 1613)
• Ferenc Miklósy † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1803 to 22 Jun 1811)
• Giovanni Milanesi † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1426 to 1427)
• Pál Napholcz (Napholz), S.J. † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1940 to 1 Sep 1940)
• Demeter de Nethke (Dionyii de Futak) † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1345 to 1372)
• Johann Baptist Nogáll † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 19 Jul 1899)
• János Okolicsány † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1735 to 20 Nov 1736)
• Lukas de Órév (Szántó) † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1397 to 1405)
• Ádám Patačić de Zajezda † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1760 to 16 Sep 1776)
• Péter Pázmány, S.J. †
• Ferenc Perényi † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1515 to 29 Aug 1526)
• Márton Pethe de Hetes † (Bishop: 16 Jan 1589 to 15 Dec 1600)
• János Pyber de Gyerkény †
• István Radeczy de Zemche † (Bishop: 1568 to 15 May 1573)
• Wolfgang Radnai † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1901 to 11 Jul 1904)
• Dionysius Rakch (Jackh de Kusaly) † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1427 to 1435)
• Pál Reizer † (Priest: 2 Apr 1967 to 18 Oct 1982)
• Bl. János Scheffler † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1948 to 6 Dec 1952)
• Lörinc (Vavrinec) Schlauch † (Bishop: 26 May 1887 to 10 Jul 1902)
• Andrea Scolari † (Bishop: 11 Aug 1410)
• Thomas de Somos † (Bishop: 18 Jun 1282)
• Nikolaus Stolcz de Slantz † (Bishop: 8 Aug 1470 to 1476)
• Ferenc Szaniszlň de Torda † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1851 to 4 Jan 1869)
• György Szatmári † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1502 to 19 Dec 1505)
• Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék † (Bishop: 20 Apr 1911 to 1 Dec 1923)
• Pal Szmrecsányi † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1903 to 9 Aug 1908)
• János Telegdy † (Bishop: 1613 to Mar 1619)
• József Tempfli † (Priest: 31 May 1962; Bishop: 14 Mar 1990 to 23 Dec 2008)
• Janos de Tholde † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1525)
• Zsigmond Thurzó † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1505 to 12 Sep 1512)
• Lodomer Vázsony † (Bishop: 1268 to 1 Jun 1279)
• János Vitéz (Zredna) † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1445 to 11 May 1465)
• Valentin Vlk (Farkas) † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1492 to 1495)
• József Vurum † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1822 to 17 Sep 1827)
• Mátyás Zabergyei † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1554 to 1556)
• Benoit Zegedino, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jan 1493)
• Sigismond Zongor † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1649 to 5 Nov 1657)
• Alexander † (Bishop: 1219)
• Bartholomäus † (Bishop: 1284)
• Benedikt † (Bishop: 1291 to 1296)
• Benedikt † (Bishop: 1232 to 11 Jul 1243)
• Demetrius † (Bishop: 1260)
• Elvinus † (Bishop: 1202 to 1202)
• Emmerich † (Bishop: 1297 to 1317)
• Johannes † (Bishop: 1382 to 1395)
• Ladislas † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1480)
• Pál † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1396 to 1397)
• Simon † (Bishop: 1204)
• Vincent † (Bishop: 1243)
• Zosimus † (Bishop: 1265)

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