Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in

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) is the

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of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog and the head of the

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Biography

Metropolitan Fülöp studied philosophy and theology at the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute in Nyíregyháza, Hungary and pedagogy and psychology at the

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in Rome, Italy. He was ordained priest in 1989. He served as cathecist at a Greek Catholic primary school in Nyíregyháza, than became parish pastor in Tornabarakony. Between 1995 and 1999 he received monastic formation as novice at the bi-ritual

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monastery of Chevetogne. He was tonsured a monk in 1998 in 6 November 1998 by Bishop Szilárd Keresztes of Hajdúdorog receiving his monastic name, Fülöp (Philip). After the retirement of Bishop Szilárd Keresztes, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to be Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of

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in 2008. He was consecrated bishop on 30 June 2008 at the Cathedral of

Hajdúdorog Hajdúdorog () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Hajdúdorog had a population of 8,797 in 2014 (down from 8,888 in 2006), with a population density of 8,997 people per km2. The city is 130 ...

. The principal consecrator was Bishop Emeritus Szilárd Keresztes, principal co-consecrators were Metropolitan Archbishop Ján Babjak SJ of Presov and Bishop

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CM of Munkachevo. In March 2015

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elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog to the rank of

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archeparchy Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure ...

, with Fülöp Kocsis as its archbishop and head of the

References

External links

Péter Fülöp Kocsis at ''Catholic Hierarchy''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kocsis, Peter Fulop 1963 births Living people People from Szeged Salesian Pontifical University alumni Archbishops of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Hungarian Eastern Catholics