Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska,
O.S.B.M.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...
( uk, Авель Сочка; born 21 September 1972) is a
Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch. He is serving as the first Eparchial Bishop of the
Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza
The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza is an eparchy (diocese) of the Greek Catholic Church in Hungary, an Eastern Catholic church which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Hungarian language.
It has its cathedral episcopal see, Szent Miklós ...
from 31 October 2015 (until 7 April 2018 he was an Apostolic Administrator of the same Eparchy).
Biography
Born in
Vynohradiv
Vynohradiv ( uk, Виноградів, hu, Nagyszőlős, ro, Seleușu Mare, sk, Vinohradov) is a city in western Ukraine, in Zakarpattia Oblast. It was the center of Vynohradiv Raion and since 2020 it has been incorporated into Berehove Raion ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
in 1972, he was
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
a
priest
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on 30 September 2001 by Bishop
Szilárd Keresztes. He was appointed the Apostolic Administrator by the
Holy See
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on 31 October 2015.
See also
References
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1972 births
Living people
21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Hungarian Eastern Catholics
People from Vynohradiv
Hungarian people of Ukrainian descent
Order of Saint Basil the Great
Bishops of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church