Bishop Ivan Pasteliy (János Pásztélyi) Kovach (Kovács) †

Deceased

Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1826		Born
24 Jun 1849	23.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
1 Jul 1849	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Nov 1874	48.5	Selected	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
15 Mar 1875	48.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
18 Apr 1875	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
24 Mar 1891	64.8	Died	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

MicroData Summary
Ivan Pasteliy (János Pásztélyi) Kovach (Kovács)
Bishop Ivan Pasteliy (János Pásztélyi) Kovach (Kovács)
(born 8 May 1826, died 24 Mar 1891)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács)

Event Place
Birth Place Veljaty
Ordained Bishop Prešov, Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
Death Place Ungvár

a priest for 41.7 years
a bishop for 15.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jozef Gaganecz †
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jozef Gaganecz † (1843)
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Bishop Vasyl Popovics † (1838)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Archbishop Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (1813)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (1796)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (1781)
Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski, O.S.B.M. † (1758)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, O.S.B.I. † (1736)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.I. † (1716)
Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida)
Archbishop Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.I. † (1700)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Onofrio Costantini † (1665)
Titular Archbishop of Derbe
Archbishop Athanasius II †
Archbishop

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Julije Drohobeczky † (1881)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Julije Drohobeczky † (1881)
Bishop Stephen Alexander Dzubay † (1881)
Bishop Istvan Miklósy † (1884)
Bishop Petro Gebey (Ghebi, Gebé) † (1889)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mikuláš Tóth † (1876)
Bishop Ján Vályi † (1883)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gyula Meszlényi † (1888)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Veljaty
Ordained Bishop	Prešov, Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
Death Place	Ungvár

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q4352150

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
bd/bp/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 396
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 22
nm: CB, 6 Oct 2025

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