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Mikuláš Tóth (; 10 August 1833 – 21 May 1882) was a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1876 to 1882.
Born in
Mikuláš Tóth (; 10 August 1833 – 21 May 1882) was a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1876 to 1882.
Born in Mukacheve
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, Austrian Empire
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(present day – Ukraine
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) in the Ruthenian family in 1833, he was ordained
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a priest
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on 18 December 1857 for the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve
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. He was appointed as the Bishop of Eparchy by the Holy See
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on 3 April 1876. He was consecrated
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to the Episcopate
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on 21 May 1876. The principal consecrator
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was Bishop Ivan Pasteliy, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Juraj Čásky.
He died unexpected in Prešov
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on 21 May 1882.
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