Péter Fülöp Kocsis

Hungarian Greek Catholic archbishop (born 1963)

Exarch of Miskolc (2008-2011)

Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in Szeged, Hungary) is the metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog and the head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

Biography

Metropolitan Fülöp studied philosophy and theology at the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute in Nyíregyháza, Hungary and pedagogy and psychology at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, Italy. He was ordained priest in 1989. He served as cathecist at a Greek Catholic primary school in Nyíregyháza, than became parish pastor in Tornabarakony. Between 1995 and 1999 he received monastic formation as novice at the bi-ritual Benedictine monastery of Chevetogne. He was tonsured a monk in 1998 in 6 November 1998 by Bishop Szilárd Keresztes of Hajdúdorog receiving his monastic name, Fülöp (Philip). After the retirement of Bishop Szilárd Keresztes, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to be Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc in 2008. He was consecrated bishop on 30 June 2008 at the Cathedral of Hajdúdorog. The principal consecrator was Bishop Emeritus Szilárd Keresztes, principal co-consecrators were Metropolitan Archbishop Ján Babjak SJ of Presov and Bishop Milan Šašik CM of Munkachevo.

In March 2015 Pope Francis elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog to the rank of metropolitan archeparchy, with Fülöp Kocsis as its archbishop and head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.^[1]

References

^ "Rinunce e Nomine - Provvedimenti sulla Chiesa Greco-Cattolica Ungherese" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Szilárd Keresztes	Bishop of Hajdúdorog 2008–2015	Succeeded by Himself as Archbishop of Hajdúdorog
Preceded by Szilárd Keresztes	Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc 2008–2011 (as Apostolic Administrator)	Succeeded by Atanáz Orosz
Preceded by New creation	Archbishop of Hajdúdorog 2015–present	Incumbent

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

Eastern Catholic Church in Hungary that uses the Byzantine Rite

Metropolis of
Hajdúdorog

Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog	Archeparch Péter Fülöp Kocsis Cathedral of the presentation of Mary in Hajdúdorog
Eparchy of Miskolc	Eparch Atanáz Orosz Cathedral of the Assumption in Miskolc
Eparchy of Nyíregyháza	Eparch Ábel Szocska Cathedral of St Nicholas in Nyíregyháza