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2 unusual facts about Archdiocese of Esztergom


Archdiocese of Esztergom

Antal Verancsics (Antun Vrančić) (primate, archbishop 17 Oct 1569 - 15 Jun 1573 )

László Lékai

László Lékai (12 March 1910 – 30 June 1986) was Archbishop of Esztergom and a Cardinal.


Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu

During his service the Diocese of Alba Iulia and Făgăraş (centred at Blaj) was removed from the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom (in Hungary) and became an ecclesiastic province in its own right, with the Dioceses of Oradea Mare, Gherla and Lugoj as suffragans (subordinate dioceses).

Samuil Micu-Klein

Apparently, his goal was to make the bishopric become a metropolis, so it would no longer belong to the Archdiocese of Esztergom.


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