Bishop Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

Titular Bishop of Media

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Nov 1927		Born
30 Aug 1947	19.8	Professed	Member of Order of Cistercians
8 Apr 1951	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Cistercians
7 Jan 1975	47.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
7 Jan 1975	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Media
6 Feb 1975	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Media
15 Jan 2003	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
29 Jul 2007	79.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

MicroData Summary
Endre Gergely Kovács
Bishop Endre Gergely Kovács O. Cist.
(born 6 Nov 1927, died 29 Jul 2007)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger

Event Place
Birth Place Egerbakta
Ordained Bishop St. Etienne, Budapest, Archdiocese of Esztergom

a priest for 56.3 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop József Ijjas †
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop József Bánk †
Archbishop of Eger
Bishop László Lékai †
Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop József Ijjas † (1964)
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Archbishop Endre Hamvas † (1944)
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi, O.S.B. † (1928)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop István Seregély † (1987)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1340872

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
prof: CB, 15 Jul 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 27, Number 1,536

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