Imre Csáky (28 October 1672 – 28 August 1732) was a Hungarian

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Biography

Imre Csáky was born to Count István Csáky and Klára Melith in

Spiš Castle The ruins of Spiš Castle ( sk, Spišský hrad, ; hu, Szepesi vár; pl, Zamek Spiski; german: Zipser Burg) in eastern Slovakia form one of the largest castle sites in Central Europe. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhra ...

(nowadays in

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), a fief of his family. He studied in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

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and

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and was

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priest, starting his eclessiastical career in

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and then in Košice and

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. In 1703 he was appointed

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of ''Szent Gothárdi''. On 25 June 1703, he was elected

bishop of Nagyvárad 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 ...

(present

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). On 19 November 1714, he was promoted metropolitan archbishop of

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and held the Nagyvárad diocese as

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until his death. Csáky was created

cardinal priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

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'' in the

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of 12 July 1717 by

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with the title of

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. He took part in the Papal conclave of 1721, but not in those of 1724 and 1730. He died in 1732 in a castle he had built near

Nagyvárad Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...

References

External links

S. Miranda - The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
{{DEFAULTSORT:Csaky, Imre 1672 births 1732 deaths Archbishops of Kalocsa People from Spišská Nová Ves District Hungarians in Slovakia 18th-century Hungarian cardinals 18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Hungary Imre, Csaky