György Miklós Jakubinyi (born 13 February 1946) is a
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
n cleric, the former archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia. Born into an
ethnic Hungarian family in
Sighetu Marmației
Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; or ''Siget''; , ; ; ), until 1960 Sighet, is a city in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania.
Geography
Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river o ...
, he attended school in his native town from 1952 to 1963 before beginning his religious training that year at the
Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia. Ordained a priest in 1969 by
Áron Márton, he was consecrated auxiliary bishop at
Șumuleu Ciuc
Șumuleu Ciuc (, ) is a neighbourhood in the city of Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita County, Romania. Until 1959, it was a separate Communes of Romania, commune. It is the site of an annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage, when Catholics from all over Hungar ...
in 1990. The following year, he became administrator of the
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania
The Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania (), based in Gherla, is an ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful that is part of the Armenian Catholic Church, itself under the authority of the Pope. It serves Catholic members of Romania's ...
. He was made archbishop in 1994, and retired in 2019.
“Papa Francisc l-a numit ca Arhiepiscop de Alba Iulia pe Monseniorul Gergely Kovács”
''Adevărul'', December 25, 2019
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External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjakub.html
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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Romania
Romanian religious leaders of Hungarian descent
People from Sighetu Marmației
1946 births
Living people
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia