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Kolos Ferenc Vaszary

His Eminence
Kolos Ferenc Vaszary
O.S.B.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom
Primate of Hungary
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Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Esztergom
Appointed 17 December 1891
In office 1891-1912
Predecessor János Simor
Successor János Csernoch
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Orders
Ordination 26 May 1856
Consecration 7 February 1892
by Luigi Galimberti
Created Cardinal 16 January 1893
by Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1832-02-12)February 12, 1832
Keszthely, Hungary
Died September 3, 1915(1915-09-03) (aged 83)
Balatonfüred, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
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Kolos Ferenc Vaszary
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Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Esztergom

Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (12 February 1832 in Keszthely, Hungary – 3 September 1915 in Balatonfüred, Hungary) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a longtime archbishop of the prestigious see of Esztergom in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

He entered the Order of Saint Benedict in 1847 and was professed on 6 June 1854. Two years later he was ordained to the priesthood on 26 May 1856 and for a long time worked as a school teacher. When almost 60 years old, he was appointed Archbishop of Esztergom and thus Prince-Primate of Hungary on 13 December 1891, and received episcopal ordination on 7 February 1892. The Archbishop of Esztergom (which contains the Hungarian capital of Budapest) is traditionally made a cardinal, Pope Leo XIII elevated Vaszary to the cardinalate less than a year later, on 16 January 1893. At the same time the Habsburg monarchy recognised his services to the community by giving him the order of Sankt Stefan.

Cardinal Vaszary served as an Archbishop for twenty years, participating in the conclave of 1903. At a time when bishops typically served as long as they lived, and today's practice of resigning at the age of 75 had not yet begun, Cardinal Vaszary's health declined so much that in November 1912 it was absolutely impossible for him to continue fulfilling any of the work of an archbishop, and he announced his resignation. Because of the then existing agreements between the Catholic Church and the Habsburg Empire, both the Pope and the Emperor had to accept his resignation before it took effect. They accepted it in the first week of 1913.


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