The Archdiocese of Eger (Latin: Archidioecesis Agriensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Hungary. Its centre is the city of Eger.
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History
1000: Established as Diocese of Eger
August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger with four suffragan dioceses: Satu Mare (until 1930), Spiš (until 1937), Košice (until 1977) and Rožňava (until 1977)
1993: It received two new suffragan dioceses, Debrecen-Nyíregyháza (then created) and Vác
Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order
Archbishops of Eger
Csaba Ternyák (2007-present)
István Seregély (1987–2007)
László Kádár, O. Cist. (1978–1986)
József Bánk (1974–1978)
Pál Brezanóczy (1969–1972)
Gyula Czapik (1943–1956)
Lajos Szmrecsányi (1912–1943)
József Samassa (1873–1912) (Cardinal in 1905)
Béla Bartakovics (1850–?)
Ladislaus Pyrker, O.Cist. (1827–1847)
István Fisher (1807–1822)
Ferenc Fuchs (1804–?)
Bishops of Eger
Tamás Pálffy (1660–1678)
Benedict Kisdy (1648–1660)
György Jakusics (1642–1647)
György Lippay (1637–1642)
István Szuhay (1600–1607)
Antal Verancsics (1560–1573), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom (elevated to Cardinal in 1573)
Ferenc Ujlaky (1554–1555)
Pál Várdai (1523–1526)
Tamás Bakócz (1497–1497), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom and later Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (elevated to Cardinal in 1500)
Ascanio Sforza (1492–1497)
Johann Beckenschlager (1467–1474)
Michael Szécsényi (1363–1377)
Nicholas Dörögdi (1330–1361)
Csanád Telegdi (1322–1330), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
Martin (1306–1322)
Andrew (1275–1305)
Lampert Hont-Pázmány (1245–1275)
Cletus Bél (1224–1245)
Thomas (1217–1224), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
Chama (1158–1166), appointed Archbishop of Kalocsa
Lucas (1156–1158), appointed Archbishop of Esztergom
Suffragan dioceses
Roman Catholic Diocese of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vác