János Telegdy

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János Telegdy (Hungarian: Telegdy János, Slovak: Ján Telegdy; 1575–1647) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Kalocsa (1623–1647), Bishop of Nyitra (1619–1623), Bishop of Várad (1613–1619), and Bishop of Bosnia (1611–1613).[1][2][3]

Biography

János Telegdy was born in Érsekújvár, Kingdom of Hungary (today Nové Zámky, Slovakia) in 1575 and ordained a priest in the Diocese of Esztergom on 10 February 1594.[4][5] On 27 January 1610, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Bosnia.[1][4][5] On 25 September 1611, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana, with Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, and Giulio Sansedoni, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, serving as co-consecrators.[4][5] In 1613, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Várad.[4] In March 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nyitra.[4] In 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Archbishop of Kalocsa.[4] In 1624, he was once again appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Nitra.[4] He served as Archbishop of Kalocsa until his death in 1647.[4]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, Telegdy was the principal co-consecrator of:[4]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 119, 156, 260, and 358. (in Latin)
  2. 2."Diocese of Bosnia (Bosna)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. 3."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Đakovo–Osijek" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 4.[4.2][4.3][4.4][4.5][4.6][4.7][4.8][4.9]Cheney, David M. "Archbishop János Telegdy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  5. 5.[5.2][5.3]Chow, Gabriel. "Archbishop Ján Telegdy (János)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.