# Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr

The Diocese of Győr (Hungarian: Győri Egyházmegye, German: Bistum Raab, Latin: Dioecesis Iaurinensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Hungary. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest. The diocese is believed to have been established in 1009 by King Stephen I of Hungary, along with most of the other Hungarian dioceses.
The Cathedral Basilica of Győr is dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary. The current bishop is Lajos Pápai, who was appointed in 1991.

## Secular offices connected to the bishopric

The Bishops of Győr were Perpetual Counts of Baranya (Hungarian: Győr vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Jaurinensis perpetuus supremus comes) from the 16th century till 1783.

## List of the Bishops of Győr

* Nicholas I (c. 1051 – c. 1055)
* Hartvik (end of 11th – beginning of 12th century)
* George (1111–1118)
* Ambrose (1124–1125/1131)
* Peter I (1134–1135)
* Paul (1137–1138)
* Zacheus (1142–1146)
* Izbeg (1150 – c. 1156)
* Gervasius (1156–1157)
* Andrew I (1169–1176)
* Mikod (1176 – c. 1186)
* Ugrin Csák (c. 1188–1204)
* Peter II (1205–1218)
* Cosmas (1219–1222)
* Gregory (1224–1241)
* Benedict Osl (1243–1244)
* Artolf (1245–1252)
* Amadeus Pok (1254–1267)
* Farkas Bejc (1268–1269)
* Denis (1270–1285)
* Andrew II (1291–1294)
* Theodore Tengerdi (1295–1308)
* Nicholas II Kőszegi (1308–1336)
* Coloman of Hungary (1337–1375)
* John I of Surdis (1375–1376)
* Peter Siklósi (1376–1377)
* William (1378–1386)
* Thomas (1386)
* John II Hédervári (1386–1415)
* František Ujlaky (1540–1554)
* Leopold Karl, Graf von Kollonitsch (1686–1690)
* Christian August von Sachsen-Zeitz (1696–1725)
* Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf (5 May 1725 appointed – 10 July 1732 appointed, Bishop of Wrocław)
* Jozef Ignác de Vilt (Wilt) (26 August 1806 appointed – 5 October 1813 died)
* Ernst Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (1818 † 1821)
* János Simor (19 March 1857 appointed – 22 February 1867 appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
* Giovanni Zalka (27 March 1867 appointed – 1901 died)
* Miklós Széchenyi de Salvar-Felsovidék (16 December 1901 appointed – 20 April 1911 appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad})
* Árpád Lipót Várady (22 April 1911 appointed – 25 May 1914 appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
* Antal Fetser (22 January 1915 appointed – 6 October 1933 died)
* Stefano Breyer (13 December 1933 appointed – 28 September 1940 died)
* Bl. Vilmos Apor (21 January 1941 appointed – 2 April 1945 died)
* János Scheffler (8 November 1945 Appointed, however he was not installed because he preferred to stay in his Diocese of Szatmár )
* Karl Kalman Papp (3 May 1946 appointed – 28 July 1966 died)
* Kornél Pataky (Pataki) (2 April 1976 appointed – 18 March 1991 resigned)
* Lajos Pápai (18 March 1991 appointed - 17 May 2016 retired)
* András Veres (17 May 2016 appointed - )

## Sources

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