Antal Papp

Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc
	Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc
Church	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc
In office	14 July 1924 – 24 December 1945
Predecessor	Position established
Successor	Atanáz Orosz
Other post	Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus (1924-1945)
Previous posts	Bishop of Mukachevo (1912-1924); Apostolic Administrator of Hajdúdorog (1912-1913)Titular Bishop of Lyrbe (1912); Coadjutor Bishop of Mukachevo (1912)
Orders
Ordination	24 December 1893; by Yuliy Firtsak
Consecration	14 October 1912; by Julije Drohobeczky
Personal details
Born	17 November 1867; Nagykálló, Kingdom of Hungary, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died	24 December 1945 (aged 78); Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary

Antal Papp (17 November 1867 – 24 December 1945) was a Ruthenian and Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1912 to 1924, Apostolic Administrator of the new created Hungarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog from 1912 to 1913 and Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1924 to 1945 as titular archbishop of Cyzicus.

Born in Nagykálló, Austria-Hungary in 1867, he was ordained a priest on 24 December 1893. He was appointed the Bishop by the Holy See on 29 April 1912. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 14 October 1912. The principal consecrator was Bishop Julije Drohobeczky, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop József Lányi de Késmark and Bishop Győző Horváth. Bishop Papp was elevated as titular archbishop of Cyzicus on 14 July 1924.^[1]

He died in Miskolc on 24 December 1945.

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