Bishop Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1911		Born
5 Feb 1934	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
29 Jun 1934	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
14 Feb 1949	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
3 Oct 1953	42.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
30 Oct 2010		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy
Bishop Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy
(born 21 Feb 1911, died 3 Oct 1953)
Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}

Event Place
Birth Place Feketetó/Crna, Diocese of Csanád, Hungary
Ordained Deacon Assumption, Cathedral, Oradea Mare, Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Ordained Priest Assumption, Cathedral, Oradea Mare, Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Ordained Bishop Nunciature, Chapel, Bucureşti, Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Death Place Prison, Aiud, Diocese of Alba Iulia

a priest for 19.2 years
a bishop for 4.6 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop István Fiedler †
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop István Fiedler †
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † (1929)
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Feketetó/Crna, Diocese of Csanád, Hungary
Ordained Deacon	Assumption, Cathedral, Oradea Mare, Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Ordained Priest	Assumption, Cathedral, Oradea Mare, Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Ordained Bishop	Nunciature, Chapel, Bucureşti, Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Death Place	Prison, Aiud, Diocese of Alba Iulia

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316740014
WikiData: Q717311

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Number 14,568
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 12
c0/od/loc: CB, 13 Jul 2025

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