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 (today: ''Oradea Mare'') and

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between 1571 and 1575. His mentor was

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. His nephews were, among others,

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Zsigmond Forgách and

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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