Péter Fülöp Kocsis

The Most Reverend
Péter Fülöp Kocsis
Archbishop of Hajdúdorog

Péter Fülöp Kocsis in 2013
Church Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Archdiocese Hajdúdorog
See Hajdúdorog
In office 2008 - present
Predecessor Szilárd Keresztes
Orders
Ordination August 2, 1989
Consecration June 30, 2008
by Szilárd Keresztes
Personal details
Born (1963-01-13) January 13, 1963
Szeged, People's Republic of Hungary (present day Hungary)
Nationality Hungarian
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Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in Szeged, Hungary) is an Hungarian Greek Catholic archbishop. He is as metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog, the head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

Biography

Higher education started at the Greek Catholic Theological Academy of Saint Atanáz and it was finished at Pontifical Salesian University in Rome. Kocsis was ordained priest in 1989. He taught on Greek Catholic Primary School in Hajdudorogh and High School in 1990 and 1992. From 1992 to 1995 was priest in Tornabarakony. From 1995 Kocsis was to the Benedictine monastery of Chevetogne in Belgium to make monastic life. On November 6, 1998 he passed monastic vows before the bishop Solid Cross, taking the Monastic name Philip. Kocsis spent the Christmas of 1999 in Belgium taking monastic probation (novitiate). On June 30, 2008 he was consecrated bishop of Hajdúdorog Solid Cross, being co-consecrator the Greek Catholic Archbishop of Presov, Ján Babjak and Greek Catholic bishop Milan Šašik of Mukachevo.

Between 2008 and 2011 he served as Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc.

In March 2015 Pope Francis elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog to an metropolitan archeparchy, with Kocsis as archbishop and head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.[1]

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Szilárd Keresztes
Bishop of Hajdúdorog
2008–2015
Succeeded by
Himself
as Archbishop of Hajdúdorog
Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc
2008–2011 (as Apostolic Administrator)
Succeeded by
Atanáz Orosz
Preceded by
Himself
as Bishop of Hajdúdorog
Archbishop of Hajdúdorog
2015–present
Incumbent
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