Bishop István Katona †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

Titular Bishop of Brixellum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Oct 1928		Born
7 Jun 1953	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vác, Hungary
3 Nov 1989	61.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vác, Hungary
3 Nov 1989	61.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Brixellum
9 Dec 1989	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Brixellum
10 Oct 1997	69.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
25 Nov 2013	85.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
21 Oct 2025	97.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger, Hungary

MicroData Summary
István Katona
Bishop István Katona
(born 3 Oct 1928, died 21 Oct 2025)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Eger

Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nagykáta, Diocese of Vác
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Vác, Diocese of Vác

a priest for 72.3 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
László Pacifik Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Esztergom
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Izidor István Marosi †
Bishop of Vác
Bishop Endre Gyulay †
Bishop of Szeged-Csanád

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

László Pacifik Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. † (1978)
Archbishop of Esztergom
László Cardinal Lékai † (1972)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Archbishop József Ijjas † (1964)
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Archbishop Endre Hamvas † (1944)
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi, O.S.B. † (1928)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nagykáta, Diocese of Vác
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Vác, Diocese of Vác

External Link(s):

VIAF: 121412106
WikiData: Q1674900

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119, Number 10,674
r: Bollettino, 25 Nov 2013
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 224, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 22 Oct 2025

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