Archdiocese of Kalocsa

Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét Archidioecesis Colocensis-Kecskemetensis Kalocsa-Kecskeméti főegyházmegye
Cathedral in Kalocsa
Location
Country	Hungary
Ecclesiastical province	Kalocsa-Kecskemét
Statistics
Area	8,372 km2 (3,232 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 536,409 368,755 (68.7%)
Parishes	127
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption in Kalocsa
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of Our Lord in Kecskemét
Patron saint	St Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Balázs Bábel
Suffragans	Diocese of Pécs Diocese of Szeged–Csanád
Vicar General	Finta József
Episcopal Vicars	Polyák Imre
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa–Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kalocsa–Kecskeméti Főegyházmegye, Latin: Archidioecesis Colocensis–Kecskemetensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. Since 1993, its official name is Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. The diocese is the metropolitan of the Diocese of Pécs and the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád. The patron saint is Saint Paul. The current archbishop is Balázs Bábel, who was appointed in 1999.

The Archdiocese of Kalocsa was probably originally set up as a Bishopric by King Stephen I of Hungary, but it became the second Archbishopric in 1009. Its original suffragans were the bishops of Bihar (Romanian: Biharea) and Transylvania. Around 1028 the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád also became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa.

The Archbishops of Kalocsa were, from the 15th century to 1776, the perpetual ispáns (Hungarian: Bács vármegye örökös főispánja, Latin: Bacsiensis perpetuus supremus comes).