György Jakubinyi
György-Miklós Jakubinyi (born February 13, 1946 in Sighetu Marmației ) is emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Alba Iulia in Romania and Apostolic Administrator of the Ordinariate for the Armenian Believers in Romania .
Life
Jakubinyi was ordained a priest on April 13, 1969 . He studied Catholic theology a . a. in Augsburg and (from 1970) in Rome . From 1972 to 1992 he was a lecturer at the Theological College in Alba Iulia .
On 14 March 1990 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Aquae Regiae and auxiliary bishop in Alba Iulia. Francesco Colasuonno , Titular Archbishop of Truentum and Apostolic Nuncio in the Russian Federation , consecrated him bishop on April 29 of the same year . Co- consecrators were Antal Jakab , bishop emeritus of Alba Iulia, and his successor in office Lajos Bálint .
On April 8, 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Alba Iulia. He heads an archdiocese of 540,000 Catholics (95% of whom are Hungarians) and has been Apostolic Administrator of the Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Romania since 1991 .
In addition to his Hungarian mother tongue, Jakubinyi speaks numerous foreign languages fluently, including Romanian , German , Italian , Russian , Polish , English and Esperanto . At the two European Special Synods in the Vatican in 1991 and 1999, Jakubinyi advocated Esperanto as the church language.
Jakubinyi also took part in the program of the German Catholic Days in 1994, 1998 and 2000.
Pope Francis accepted his early resignation on December 24, 2019.
Web links
- Entry on György-Miklós Jakubínyi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 11, 2018.
- Article of the International Catholic Esperanto Association (Esperanto)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo e del Vescovo Ausiliare di Alba Iulia (Romania) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo di Alba Iulia (Romania). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 24, 2019, accessed December 24, 2019 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jakubinyi, György |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jakubinyi, György-Miklós (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian clergyman, emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of ALba Iulia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sighetu Marmației |