Atanáz Orosz
Atanáz Orosz | |
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| Eparchial Bishop of Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc | |
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| Church | Hungarian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 5 March 2011 (as Apostolic Exarch) 20 March 2015 (as Eparchial Bishop) |
| Predecessor | Péter Fülöp Kocsis |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Panium (2011–2015), Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza (2015) |
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| Ordination | 4 August 1985 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 21 May 2011 (Bishop) by Cyril Vasiľ |
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| Born | László Orosz (1960-05-11) 11 May 1960 (age 63) Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
Bishop Atanáz László Orosz (born 11 May 1960 in Nyíregyháza, Hungary) is a Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Eparchial Bishop of the new elevated Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc since 20 March 2015 and was the Titular Bishop of Panium and Apostolic Exarch of Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 5 March 2011 until 20 March 2015. Also he served as the Apostolic Administrator of the new created Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza from 20 March 2015 until 31 October 2015.[1]
Life
Bishop Orosz was born in the family of the Greek-Catholic priest and, after graduation of the school education, joined the Theological Faculty of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University. He was ordained as a priest on August 4, 1985[1] in Budapest, after completed philosophical and theological studies. Orosz continued a superior studies in the Alphonsian Academy in Rome (1985–1987).[2] Also he was a prefect, and after – rector of the Major Theological Seminary in Nyíregyháza and experienced monastic life in the Benedictine Chevetogne Abbey. In 1999, together with his friend Péter Fülöp Kocsis, they founded a Hungarian Greek-Catholic monastery in Dámóc.[2]
On March 5, 2011, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as an Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc and Titular Bishop of Panium. On May 21, 2011, he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Cyril Vasiľ and other hierarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bishop Atanáz Orosz". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Orosz Atanáz a Miskolci Apostoli Exarchátus püspöke". Official Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Hungary Site (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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| Preceded by | Titular Bishop of Panium 2011–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc 2011–2015 | Succeeded by himself as Eparchial Bishop |
| Preceded by himself as Apostolic Exarch | Eparchial Bishop of Miskolc 2015–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| New title | Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza 2015 | Succeeded by Ábel Szocska (as Apostolic Administrator) |
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| Eparchy of Miskolc |
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| Eparchy of Nyíregyháza |
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