István Seregély
István Seregély (13 March 1931 – 31 December 2018) was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Eger from 5 June 1987 to 15 March 2007. Priesthood Seregély was born in Szombathely on 13 March 1931. His family moved to Miskolc in 1940. He finished his secondary studies at the György Fráter Catholic Secondary School (a legal predecessor of the Ferenc Földes Secondary School). He started his theological studies in the local seminary of Szombathely, but after its closure, he attended the Central Seminary of Budapest ( la, Seminarium Centrale). He was ordained as a priest by Sándor Kovács, the Bishop of Szombathely on 19 June 1955. From 1956 to 1963, he was chaplain in Gyöngyösfalu, Nyőgér, Bagod and Zalaegerszeg, then from 1963 to 1974, Cathedral of the Visitation of Our Lady in Szombathely. He was made vicar of Kőszegszerdahely by Bishop Árpád Fábián in 1974. He served in this position until 1981. All of four churches, which ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Eger
The Archdiocese of Eger ( la, Archidioecesis Agriensis) is an archdiocese in Northern Hungary, its centre is the city of Eger. History * 1000: Established as Diocese of Eger * August 9, 1804: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger Ordinaries, in reverse chronogical order Archbishops of Eger * Csaba Ternyák (2007-present) * István Seregély (1987-2007) * László Kádár, O. Cist. (1978-1986) * József Bánk (1974-1978) * Pál Brezanóczy (1969-1972) * Gyula Czapik (1943-1956) * Lajos Szmrecsányi (1912-1943) * József Samassa (1873-1912) (Cardinal in 1905) * Béla Bartakovics (1850-?) * Ladislaus Pyrker, O.Cist. (1827-1847) * István Fisher (1807-1822) * Ferenc Fuchs (1804-?) Bishops of Eger * Tamás Pálffy (1660-1678) * Benedict Ki