Archbishop Balázs Bábel

Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Oct 1950		Born
19 Jun 1976	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vác, Hungary
24 Feb 1999	48.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
10 Apr 1999	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
25 Jun 1999	48.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
3 Sep 2026	75.8	Retired	Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary

MicroData Summary
Balázs Bábel
Archbishop Balázs Bábel
(born 18 Oct 1950)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gyón, Diocese of Vác
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Near, Assomption, Cathedral, Kalocsa, Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Mihály Endrey-Eipel †
Bishop of Vác
Principal Consecrator:
László Pacifik Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop László Dankó †
Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét
Bishop Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. †
Bishop of Vác

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

László Pacifik Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. † (1978)
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
László Cardinal Lékai † (1972)
Archbishop of Esztergom
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:
Bishop László Bőcskei (2009)
Bishop Ferenc Fazekaš (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gyón, Diocese of Vác
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Near, Assomption, Cathedral, Kalocsa, Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét

External Link(s):

VIAF: 164370900
WikiData: Q668571

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Number 13,496
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 224, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 3 Sep 2026

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