List of the bishops of Rožňava
Bishops
The following people are / were bishops of the Rožňava diocese :
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| 01 | Ján Galgóczy | 1776 | 1776 | * in Pressburg , appointed Bishop of Rožňava on January 15, 1776, † April 5, 1776 in Trnava |
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| 02 | Antal Révay | 1776 | 1780 | appointed Bishop of Rožňava on April 19, 1776, appointed Bishop of Nitra as Anton II de Révaj on September 18, 1780 , † December 26, 1783 |
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| 03 | Antal Andrássy | 1780 | 1799 | * 1742 in Rumanová appointed Bishop of Rožňava on December 17, 1780, † December 12, 1799 |
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| 04 | František Szányi | 1801 | 1810 | * October 17, 1740 in Torna ( Turňa nad Bodvou ), ordained a priest on September 22, 1764, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on December 23, 1801, consecrated. February 21, 1802, † March 29, 1810 |
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| 05 | László Esterházy | 1814 | 1824 | * June 10, 1769 in Sopron , ( Hungary ), ordained a priest on July 26, 1792, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on September 26, 1814, consecrated. 1815, † September 11, 1824 |
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| 06 | František Lajčák | 1825 | 1827 | * in Banská Štiavnica , ordained a priest in 1795, appointed bishop of Rožňava on September 4, 1825, bishop of Varadino ( Greater Oradea ) ( Romania ) emeritus in 1827 , † May 5, 1842 |
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| 07 | Ján Kritel Scitovszky | 1828 | 1839 | * November 6, 1785 in Belá , ordained a priest on November 5, 1809 in Rožňava, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on January 21, 1828, consecrated. on March 25, 1828, on February 18, 1839 appointed Bishop of Pécs (Hungary), on September 28, 1849, appointed Archbishop of Esztergom , (Hungary), on November 23, 1849 also Apostolic Administrator of Pécs - emerit. Created cardinal on January 6, 1852, March 7, 1853, † October 19, 1866 |
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| 08 | Dominik Zichy | 1840 | 1842 | Bishop of Rožňava and from 1842 to 1849 Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary), ermrit. 1849, † October 30, 1879 in Transylvania |
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| 09 | Vojtech Bartakovics | 1845 | 1850 | * April 9, 1792 in Felso Elephant , appointed Bishop of Rožňava on January 20, 1845, Archbishop of Eger , (Hungary) on September 30, 1850 , † 1873 |
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| 10 | István Kollárcsik | 1850 | 1869 | * August 15, 1796 in Župčany , ordained a priest in 1819, appointed Bishop of Rožňava in 1850, consecrated. March 2, 1851, † July 18, 1869 |
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| 11 | Jurai Schopper | 1872 | 1895 | * March 9, 1818 in Pest , ordained a priest on March 29, 1842 in Vienna, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on January 17, 1872, consecrated. on May 26, 1872 in Esztergom, † April 10, 1895 |
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| 12 | Ján Ivankovic | 1896 | 1905 | * December 24, 1846 in Szeged , (Hungary), ordained a priest on May 5, 1870, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on December 3, 1896, consecrated. on April 25, 1897, emeritus. on December 11, 1905 and appointed titular bishop of Sidyma , † May 31, 1910 |
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| 13 | Lajos Balós de Sipek (Balas) | 1905 | 1920 | * August 20, 1855 in Becske , (Hungary), ordained a priest on July 7, 1878, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on October 17, 1905, consecrated. on December 21, 1905 by Pope Pius X. † September 18, 1920 |
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| 14th | Michal Bubnic | (1925) 1939 | 1945 | * May 22, 1877 in Borinka , ordained a priest on June 22, 1900 in Trnava , appointed Titular Bishop of Scilium and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava on October 31, 1925 , consecrated. Bishop of Rožňava on December 8, 1925, July 19, 1939, † February 22, 1945 |
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| 15th | Robert Pobožný Apostolic Administrator | 1949 | 1972 | * May 20, 1890 in Tisovec , ordained a priest on September 4, 1913, appointed Titular Bishop of Neila and Apostolic Administrator of Rožňava on July 25, 1949 , consecrated. on August 14, 1949, † June 9, 1972 |
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| 16 | Eduard Kojnok | 1990 | 2008 | * August 14, 1933 in Veľká Suchá , ordained a priest on June 24, 1956, appointed Bishop of Rožňava on February 14, 1990, episcopal ordination on March 18, 1990, retired on December 27, 2008, † October 27, 2011 |
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| 17th | Vladimír Filo | 2008 | 2015 | * January 15, 1940 in Gáň , ordained a priest on July 25, 1962 in Trnava, appointed titular bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and auxiliary bishop in Trnava on March 17, 1990 , episcopal ordination on April 16, 1990, and coadjutor bishop on November 23, 2002 of Rožňava, on December 27, 2008 Bishop of Rožňava, retired on March 21, 2015, † August 18, 2015 |
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| 18th | Stanislav Stolárik | 2015 | * February 27, 1955 in Rožňava, ordained a priest on June 11, 1978 in Bratislava for the Košice diocese, appointed titular bishop of Barica and auxiliary bishop in Košice on February 26, 2004, episcopal ordination on March 20, 2005, bishop of Rožňava on March 21 2015 |
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Auxiliary bishops
The following people are / were auxiliary bishops in the Diocese of Rožňava
| No. | bishop | from | to | description | presentation | coat of arms |
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| 01 | Jozef Vibe (r) | 1901 | 1904 | * July 29, 1796 in Esztergom , (Hungary), ordained a priest in 1818, appointed titular bishop of Alia in 1852 and auxiliary bishop in Rožňava on June 19, 1856, † January 15, 1866 |