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Bishop Alexander Dessewffy †

Deceased

Bishop of Csanád, Hungary

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pocsoný, Slovakia
Ordained Bishop	Košice, Diocese of Košice, Slovakia

a priest for 50.3 years a bishop for 17.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Žigmund Bubics † Bishop of Košice Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop György (Juraj) Császka (Čásky) † Bishop of Spiš Bishop Ján Vályi † Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Žigmund Bubics † (1887) Bishop of Košice Bishop Lörinc (Vavrinec) Schlauch † (1873) Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} Archbishop János Simor † (1857) Archbishop of Esztergom János Keresztély Cardinal Scitovszky † (1828) Archbishop of Esztergom Bishop Ferenc (František) Lajcsák (Lajčák) † (1825) Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} Bishop József Vurum † (1816) Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} Archbishop István Fischer de Nagy † (1804) Archbishop of Eger Archbishop Ferenc Fuchs † (1788) Archbishop of Eger József Cardinal Batthyány † (1759) Archbishop of Esztergom Archbishop Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (1751) Archbishop of Wien {Vienna} Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Guadagni, O.C.D. † (1724) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Lorenzo Cardinal Corsini † (1690) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Flavio Cardinal Chigi (Sr.) † (1686) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest: Bishop Augustin Pacha † (1893) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Janos Jung † (1893) Bishop Ferdinand Cselka † (1893) Bishop Ján Ivánkovits † (1897)

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