Catholic Church in Hungary

Catholic Church in Hungary
Catholic Church in Hungary
	Esztergom Basilica
Classification	Catholic
Orientation	Latin and Eastern Catholic
Pope	Francis
Leader	Cardinal Péter Erdő; Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest ; The Primate of Hungary
Region	Hungary
Headquarters	Esztergom, Hungary
Founder	Stephen I of Hungary
Origin	1000 ; Esztergom, Hungary
Separations	Reformed Church in Hungary
Members	5 890 000 (2023)

Religion in Hungary (Eurobarometer September 2019)^[1]

Catholicism (62%)

No religion (20%)

Other christians (8%)

Judaism (1%)

Other (2%)

Undeclared (2%)

Hungarian Catholics, like elsewhere, are part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

According to a 2019 survey by Eurobarometer, 62% of Hungarians consider themselves Catholics. The Latin Church in the country is divided into 12 dioceses, including 4 archdioceses. In addition, there is a Latin territorial abbey and a separate sui juris particular Church for those who adhere to the Byzantine Rite known as the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

^ Special Eurobarometer 493, European Union: European Commission, September 2019, pages 229-230 Retrieved 17 January 2020. The question asked was "Do you consider yourself to be...?" With a card showing: Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Protestant, Other Christian, Jewish, Muslim - Shia, Muslim - Sunni, Other Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, Non believer/Agnostic and Other. Also space was given for Refusal (SPONTANEOUS) and Don't Know. Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist and Hindu did not reach the 1% threshold.