Bishop Ferenc Fazekas ( sr-cyr, Ференц Фазекаш; born 29 September 1958) is a Serbian
Roman Catholic prelate who is serving as the diocesan bishop of the
Diocese of Subotica in
Serbia since 7 October 2023. He is a member of the
International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Education
Bishop Fazekas was born into a
Vojvodina Hungarians Roman Catholic family in
Bečej (town located in the
South Bačka District).
After graduation from the classical gymnasium Paulinum in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
in 1977, he consequently joined the Archdiocesan Theological Seminary in
Zagreb and the
Theological Faculty at the
University of Zagreb, were he studied from 1977 until 1984,
and was ordained as
priest on 29 June 1984 in the
Cathedral of St. Theresa of Avila for his native
Diocese of Subotica,
after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
Later career
After his ordination Fr. Fazekas two years served as an assistant priest in the parish of the Holy Trinity in
Sombor (1984–1986) and in
Bačka Topola, until in 1986 he was appointed administrator of the parish in
Bajša. Then, in 1988, he was transferred to
Bogojevo, where he served until 1993. He served as a parish priest again from 1993 in
Bajša, then from 1994 in the parish of St. Francis in
Senta, then from 1998 in
Bačka Topola, and in 2021 he was appointed parish priest of the parish of St. Jurja in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
. And at the same time, between 2005 and 2012 he served as the dean of the Bačka Topola deanery, and from 2012 to 2020 he was the archpresbyter of the Potis archpresbyterate.
He was the
Vicar General of the Diocese of Subotica since 2020 until 2022 and was an Administrator of the same Diocese from 2022 to 2023,
after an unexpected death of his predecessor.
Prelate
On 7 October 2023, he was appointed by
Pope Francis as the forth diocesan bishop of
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
. On 11 November 2023, he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop
Dražen Kutleša and other prelates of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
Cathedral of St. Theresa of Avila in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
.
References
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1958 births
Living people
People from Bečej
Hungarians in Vojvodina
Serbian people of Hungarian descent
University of Zagreb alumni
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Serbia
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis