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János Pénzes (; born 10 August 1943 in 
On June 29, 1968, Pénzes was ordained a priest. On April 25, 1989, Pope
Bajmok
Bajmok ( sr-Cyrl, Бајмок; , ) is a village located in the municipality of Subotica, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbered 7,414 inhabitants as of 2011 census.
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, (Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) was the Hungarian-born Roman Catholic Emeritus Bishop of Subotica between 1989 and 2020.
On June 29, 1968, Pénzes was ordained a priest. On April 25, 1989, Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
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appointed him bishop of Subotica. On June 18, 1989, he was ordained bishop by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera
Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (27 January 1930 – 2 August 2006) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for fifty years, with the title of archbishop and the rank of nuncio from 1974. His ...
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He retired on 8 September 2020.
External links
*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpenzes.html *http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/subo0.htm#3773 {{DEFAULTSORT:Penzes, Janos 1943 births People from Subotica 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Serbia Serbian people of Hungarian descent Living people Hungarians in Vojvodina 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Serbia