Bishop Lajos Varga

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Dec 1950		Born
23 Jun 1974	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vác, Hungary
27 May 2006	55.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
27 May 2006	55.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria
15 Jul 2006	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria
25 Jan 2026	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary

MicroData Summary
Lajos Varga
Bishop Lajos Varga
(born 5 Dec 1950)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vác

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

Event Place
Birth Place Budapest, Archdiocese of Esztergom
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Vác, Diocese of Vác

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Vác.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Péter Cardinal Erdő
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Miklós Beer
Bishop of Vác
Archbishop Juliusz Janusz
Titular Archbishop of Caprulae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Péter Cardinal Erdő (2000)
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Budapest, Archdiocese of Esztergom
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Vác, Diocese of Vác

External Link(s):

VIAF: 121498871
WikiData: Q536069

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 May 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 186, Number 15,208
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 25 Jan 2026

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