László Böcskei (; born July 11, 1965) is a

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n cleric, bishop of the

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. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in

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(''Gátalja''),

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, he studied at the

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. He was ordained in June 1990 by Bishop

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and assigned to the Timișoara Diocese. He served as assistant priest at a

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parish before being assigned to the city's St. George Cathedral. In 2006, having reached the age of 75,

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announced his intention to retire as Bishop of Oradea Mare, and

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chose Böcskei as his successor. He was consecrated bishop in March 2009."Episcop nou la Oradea"
at the Iași Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 22, 2012

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bocskei, Laszlo 1965 births Living people People from Gătaia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Romania Romanian religious leaders of Hungarian descent