The National Archives of Hungary (Budapest, 2006)

ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHIVES - An Overview of Catholic Ecclesiastical Archives by Andor Lakatos

The present name of the archives and the ecclesiastical organization unity belonging to it Regional competence Changes of the centres and places of the archives Bishopric Archives of Pécs Chapter Archives of Pécs Bishopric of Pécs (1009) At establishing: Tolna, Baranya, Valkó, Pozsega counties. Its territory decreased with the south part of Baranya and with the territories beyond Drave The chapter archives were destroyed during a rescue attempt, Pécs, 1543. The present name of the archives and the ecclesiastical organization unity belonging to it Regional competence Changes of centres and places of the archives Primatial Archives Cathedral Chapter Archives of Esztergom Archbishopric of Esztergom (1001) Archbishopric of Esztergom - Budapest (1993) At establishing: Territories lying north and north-east of Danube, called Felvidék. The territories of bishopric of Nyitra separated in 1100, of Rozsnyó, Besztercebánya, Szepes in 1776. The territory was furhter decreased with the area lying north of the Danube after 1920. Esztergom Nagyszombat, 1543. Esztergom, 1820 The Archives of Szeged-Csanád Bishopric Csanád Bishopric (1030) Szeged-Csanád Bishopric (1982) At establishing: The area between the rivers Maros and the Lower Danube. Most of its territory was lost after 1920. Increase: With the area of Bishopric of Nagyvárad remaining in Hungary 1982. It ceded the north part of the territory beyond Tisza to the Bishopric of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza in 1993. Csanád Temesvár, 1740s Szeged, 1922 , The Archives of Székesfehérvár Bishopric and cathedral chapter Bishopric of Székesfehérvár (1777) At establishing: Fejér County, separated from the territory of Veszprém Bishopric Székesfehérvár The Archives of Szombathely Bishopric and Vasvár-Szombathely Cathedral Chapter Szombathely Bishopric (1777) At establishing: Vas county, the surrounding of Zalaegerszeg, the left bank of the river Mura / separated from the territory of Győr, Veszprém, Zágráb bishoprics / The Burgenland part got over the borders after 1920. Szombathely The Archives of Vác Bishopric and Chapter Bishopric of Vác (about 1030) At establishing: The part of the area between Danube and Tisza north of Kalocsa Archbishopric. The south parts were given to Szeged-Csanád and KalocsaKecskemét in 1993. Vác, 1541;. Nógrád, 1544; Nagyszombat, 1699;. Vác