Antal Papp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antal Papp

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1867

Place of Birth: Nagykálló, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1945

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 Gyözö Horváth.
Bishop Papp was elevated as titular archbishop of Cyzicus on 14 July 1924He died in Miskolc on 24 December 1945.