Archbishop Lajos Szmrecsányi †

Deceased

Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1851		Born
28 Aug 1873	22.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Nov 1904	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
14 Nov 1904	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Magydus
30 Apr 1905	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Magydus
26 Mar 1912	60.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
26 Mar 1912	60.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus
20 Aug 1912	61.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary
28 Jan 1943	91.7	Died	Archbishop of Eger, Hungary

MicroData Summary
Lajos Szmrecsányi
Archbishop Lajos Szmrecsányi
(born 24 Apr 1851, died 28 Jan 1943)
Archbishop of Eger

Event Place
Birth Place Daróc [Sarisské Dravce], Slovakia

a priest for 69.4 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop József Samassa †
Archbishop of Eger
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Sandor Párvy †
Bishop of Spiš
Bishop Wolfgang Radnai †
Bishop of Banská Bystrica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop József Samassa † (1871)
Archbishop of Eger
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Endré Kriston † (1923)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Tibor Boromisza † (1906)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 308719945
WikiData: Q20478679

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 40
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1905, Number 24

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