Péter Fülöp Kocsis

Not to be confused with Péter Fülöp.

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
Previous post(s)	Exarch of Miskolc (2008-2011)

Péter Fülöp Kocsis (born 13 January 1963 in Szeged, Hungary) is the metropolitan archbishop of the Archeparchy of Hajdúdorog and the head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

Biography

Metropolitan Fülöp studied philosophy and theology at the Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological Institute in Nyíregyháza, Hungary and pedagogy and psychology at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, Italy. He was ordained priest in 1989. He served as cathecist at a Greek Catholic primary school in Nyíregyháza, than became parish pastor in Tornabarakony. Between 1995 and 1999 he received monastic formation as novice at the bi-ritual Benedictine monastery of Chevetogne. He was tonsured a monk in 1998 in 6 November 1998 by Bishop Szilárd Keresztes of Hajdúdorog receiving his monastic name, Fülöp (Philip). After the retirement of Bishop Szilárd Keresztes, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to be Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc in 2008. He was consecrated bishop on 30 June 2008 at the Cathedral of Hajdúdorog. The principal consecrator was Bishop Emeritus Szilárd Keresztes, principal co-consecrators were Metropolitan Archbishop Ján Babjak SJ of Presov and Bishop Milan Šašik CM of Munkachevo.

In March 2015 Pope Francis elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog to the rank of metropolitan archeparchy, with Fülöp Kocsis as its archbishop and head of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church.

External links

• Péter Fülöp Kocsis at Catholic Hierarchy