(in Tolna)
According to the summary account of the bishop’s canonical visitor of March 30, 1729 the old church had three altars, a cross above the High altar, a chalice with the initials C and E (perhaps a gift from the royal couple Charles VI and his wife Elisabeth), a trunk with an iron lock in which the ciborium and the reserved host were stored. Four years after the first visitation, the bishop’s legate made a new assessment of the situation. According to his submission the church was in good repair and sacristy had been built as an addition. On May 16. 1755, the Bishop of Pécs, Georg Klimó, administered the sacrament of confirmation. The parish of Hӧgyész with its filial in Duzs counted 88 Roman Catholic families. In addition to the furnishings in the church building the report to the bishop mentions that there is a vineyard as part of the rectory property that the priest needed because of the meagre salary he received.
The refurbishing of the church took place in the 19th century. In 1850 Vinzentius Prick of Vienna donated a baptismal font and statue and in 1860 Count Kasimir Apponyi made a gift of banners for the stations of the cross. There have been twenty-two priest who served in the parish of Hӧgyész as follows:
l. Peter Willerscheid (priest at the time of settlement, left to serve in Kӧln
2. Karl Kriener
3. Franz Schuknecht
4. Heinrich Muth
5. Andreas Federspie
6. Paul Babonitcs
7. Anton Fabrik
8. Johann Henckelmann
9. Josef Pirker
10. Karl Kolb (from Bataszek)
11. Karl Gyenis (from Hӧgyész) later Dean
12. Karl Hunyadi (from Szakadát)
13. Peter Streicher (from Hӧgyész)
14. Josef Schäfer
15. Josef Leh
16. Josef Eberhard
17. Franz Bräutigam
18. Endre Pásztor
19. Dr. Ladislaus Gallos
20. Josef Petz
21. Eduard Mim
22. Michael Klein
1723-1731
1732-1739
1739-1740
1740-1744
1744-1745
1745-1753
1753-1760
1760-1787
1787-1798
1799-1842
1842-1874
1874-1881
1881-1910
1910-1922
1922-1930
1930-1933
1934-1938
1939-1958
1958-1968
1968-1980
1980-1986
Since November 1986
The first wedding in the new church took place on June 10, 1800. During the 19th century to the Church Jubilee on September 14, 1899 there were 2,835 more. In the same time frame, 12,470 children were baptized. The festival sermon at the One Hundredth Anniversary of the church was preached by Josef Streicher, resident priest in Paks, a son of the parish and the brother of the parish priest in Hӧgyész, Peter Streicher and in the presence of Count Geysa Apponyi, Imperial and Royal Counsellor and the members of the parish.
In addition to the parish church in Hӧgyész a chapel existed in the castle built by the Mercys in 1740. The palace chaplain also served at the pilgrimage church “Mariae Bründle” in Csicsó. In 1812 in addition to Duzs there were two other filials in Felsӧnána and Nagytormás that were later integrated into other parishes. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th the following filials were integreated into the Hӧgyész parish: Kalaznó, Kalaznópuszta, Csicsó, Csernédpuszta and Szállapuszta.
Last updated: 09/07/2026