Baron Ferenc Forgách de Ghymes et Gács (c. 1530According to other sources, the birth date is 1535. – 19 January 1577) was a Hungarian prelate of the

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, who served as

bishop of Várad The Diocese of Oradea ( la, Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum, hu, Nagyváradi Római Katolikus Egyházmegye, ro, Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Oradea Mare) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Romania, named after its episcopal s ...

(today: ''Oradea Mare'') and

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between 1571 and 1575. His mentor was

Nicolaus Olahus Nicolaus Olahus (Latin for ''Nicholas, the Vlach''; hu, Oláh Miklós; ro, Nicolae Valahul); 10 January 1493 – 15 January 1568) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Catholic prelate, humanist and historiog ...

. His nephews were, among others,

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Zsigmond Forgách Baron Zsigmond Forgách de Ghymes et Gács, sometimes Sigismund Forgách ( sk, Žigmund Forgáč; 1559 – 23 June 1621, in Nagyszombat, today ''Trnava'' in Slovakia) was a Hungarian nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Palatine from ...

and Archbishop of Esztergom Ferenc Forgách.Diós István, dr.: Magyar katolikus lexikon. 3. köt., Szent István Kiadó, Budapest, 1998. 744. p.

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*Markó, László: A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig - Életrajzi Lexikon ''p. 225.'' ''(The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days - A Biographical Encyclopedia)'' (2nd edition); Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006, Budapest; . *Szabó de Bártfa, László: A Hunt-Pázmán nemzetségbeli Forgách család története ''History of the Forgách family from the kindred of

Hont-Pázmány Hont-Pázmány (Hunt-Poznan) was the name of a ''gens'' ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The '' Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum''mentions that the ancestors of the family, the brothers Hont (Hunt) and Pázmány (Pazman), originally from the Duchy ...

''; 1910, Esztergom. {{DEFAULTSORT:Forgach, Ferenc 1530 births 1577 deaths Bishops of Várad Ferenc, Forgach Chancellors of Transylvania