László Cardinal Lékai †

Deceased

Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1910		Born
28 Oct 1934	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Veszprém, Hungary
8 Feb 1972	61.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Veszprém, Hungary
8 Feb 1972	61.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
16 Mar 1972	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
12 Feb 1976	65.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
24 May 1976	66.1	Elevated to Cardinal
24 May 1976	66.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Teresa al Corso d’Italia
30 Jun 1986	76.2	Died	Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary

MicroData Summary for László Lékai
(VIAF: 89624254; WikiData: Q664519)
László Cardinal Lékai (born 12 Mar 1910, died 30 Jun 1986) Archbishop of Esztergom

Consistory - 1976: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Zalalovo
Ordained Bishop Szent István, Cathedral, Budapest, Archdiocese of Esztergom

a priest for 51.6 years
a bishop for 14.2 years
a cardinal for 10.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop József Ijjas †
Archbishop of Kalocsa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop József Cserháti †
Bishop of Pécs
Bishop József Bánk †
Bishop of Vác

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Péter Cardinal Erdő (1975)
Bishop Antal Spányi (1976)
Bishop Gáspár Ladocsi (1977)
Bishop Karlheinz Diez (1978)
Father Gerhard Maria Wagner (1978)
Bishop László Kiss-Rigó (1981)
Archbishop György Udvardy (1985)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop László Tóth † (1976)
László Pacifik Cardinal Paskai, O.F.M. † (1978)
Bishop Ferenc Rosta † (1978)
Bishop István Bagi † (1979)
Bishop Gyula Szakos † (1979)
Bishop Izidor István Marosi † (1979)
Bishop Gellért Belon † (1982)
Archbishop József Szendi † (1982)
Bishop György Póka † (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † (1975)
Bishop Iván Pálos † (1975)
Bishop Endre Gergely Kovács, O. Cist. † (1975)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zalalovo
Ordained Bishop	Szent István, Cathedral, Budapest, Archdiocese of Esztergom

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 993
ob/cd/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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