# Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs

The Diocese of Pécs (Hungarian: Pécsi Egyházmegye, Latin: Dioecesis Quinque Ecclesiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Hungary. The Cathedral of Pécs is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

## Secular offices connected to the bishopric

The Bishops of Pécs were perpetual ispáns of Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Baraniensis perpetuus supremus comes) from the 16th century until 1777.

## List of the bishops of Pécs

* Bonipert (1009–1036)
* St Maurus (1036–c. 1075)
* Stephen I (c. 1093)
* Simon (c. 1108–b. 1136)
* Nana (c. 1135)
* Macarius I (b. 1138–b. 1143)
* John I (b. 1143–c. 1148)
* Antimius (c. 1148–c. 1158)
* Macarius II (b. 1162–1186)
* Kalán from the kindred Bár-Kalán (1186–1218)
* Bartholomew le Gros (1219–1251)
* Achilles from the kindred Hont-Pázmány (1251–1252)
* Job from the kindred Záh (1252–b. 1282)
** Sede vacante (1282–1293)
* Paul Balog (1293–1306)
* Manfred (elected, but not consecrated) (1306)
* Peter I (1306–1314)
* Ladislaus Kórógyi (1314–1345)
* Nicholas Neszmélyi (1346–1360)
* William of Koppenbach (1361–1374)
* Bálint Alsáni (1374–1408)
** Sede vacante (1408–1410)
* John Albeni (1410–1420)
* Henry Albeni  (1421–1444)
* Andrew Kálnói (1445–1455)
* Nicholas Barius (1455–1459)
* Janus Pannonius (1459–1472)
* Sigismund Ernuszt (1473–1505)
* George Szatmári (1505–1522)
* Szaniszló Várallyai † ( 1541 Appointed – 21 Apr 1548 Died)
* Antun Vrančić (Antal Verancsics) † ( 1554 Appointed – 1557 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
* György Draskovics † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed – 22 Mar 1564 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
* Mikuláš Telegdy † ( 1579 Appointed – 22 Apr 1586 Died)
* Nikola Stepanić Selnički (1596–1598)
* Johannes Pyber de Gyerkény † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Eger)
* Benedikt Vinković † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed – 28 Apr 1642 Confirmed, Bishop of Zagreb (Agram))
* István Bosnyák † (14 Jul 1642 Confirmed – 23 Sep 1644 Died)
* György Széchényi † (6 May 1647 Appointed – 9 Jun 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
* Pál Hoffmann † (3 Aug 1655 Appointed – 24 Jun 1659 Died)
* Ján Salix O. Cist. † (21 Nov 1661 Confirmed – Mar 1668 Died)
* Ján Gubasóczy † ( 1668 Appointed – 1676 Appointed, Bishop of Vác)
* Pál Széchényi O.S.P.P.E. † (18 Apr 1678 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1687 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
* Mátyás Ignác Radanay † (7 Sep 1689 Confirmed – Apr 1703 Died)
* Wilhelm Franz Johann Bertrand von Nesselrode † (21 Jul 1710 Confirmed – 29 Sep 1732 Died)
* Anton von Thurn und Valsassina † (2 Mar 1733 Appointed – 25 Dec 1734 Died)
* Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, S.J. † (15 Nov 1735 Appointed – 18 Aug 1739 Died)
* Zsigmond József Berényi † (30 Sep 1740 Appointed – 25 Sep 1748 Died)
* György Klimó † (15 Nov 1751 Appointed – 2 May 1777 Died)
* Pál László Esterházy † (2 Apr 1781 Appointed – 7 Nov 1799 Died)
* József Király † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed – 17 Jul 1825 Died)
* Ignác Szepesy de Négyes † (11 Jan 1828 Appointed – 16 Jul 1838 Died)
* János Scitovszky † (18 Feb 1839 Appointed – 28 Sep 1849 Appointed, Archbishop of Esztergom)
* György Girk † (10 Mar 1853 Confirmed – 24 Nov 1868 Died)
* Zsigmond Kovács † (25 Jun 1869 Appointed – 25 Jun 1877 Appointed, Bishop of Veszprém)
* Nándor Dulánszky † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed – 24 Jan 1896 Died)
* Sámuel Hetyey de Eadem † (14 Dec 1897 Appointed – 1 Sep 1903 Died)
* Gyula Zichy † (11 Dec 1905 Appointed – 31 Aug 1925 Appointed, Archbishop of Kalocsa)
* Ferenc Virág † (27 Mar 1926 Appointed – 2 Mar 1958 Died)
* Ferenc Rogacs † (2 Mar 1958 Succeeded – 20 Feb 1961 Died)
* József Cserháti † (10 Jan 1969 Appointed – 3 Nov 1989 Retired)
* Mihály Mayer (3 Nov 1989 Appointed – 19 Jan 2011 Retired)
* György Udvardy (9 Apr 2011 Appointed – )

### Auxiliary bishops

* József Petheö † (24 July 1797 – 3 July 1809 Died)