László Böcskei

His Excellency László Bőcskei
Bishop of Oradea Mare
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare
Appointed	23 December 2008
Installed	7 March 2009
Predecessor	József Tempfli
Orders
Ordination	24 June 1990 by Sebastian Kräuter
Consecration	7 march 2009 by Martin Roos
Personal details
Born	(1965-07-11) July 11, 1965 Gătaia, Romania
Nationality	Romanian

László Böcskei (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈbøtʃkɛ.i]; born July 11, 1965) is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in Gătaia (Gátalja), Timiş County, he studied at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia. He was ordained in June 1990 by Bishop Sebastian Kräuter and assigned to the Timişoara Diocese. He served as assistant priest at a Timişoara parish before being assigned to the city's St. George Cathedral. In 2006, having reached the age of 75, József Tempfli announced his intention to retire as Bishop of Oradea Mare, and Pope Benedict XVI chose Böcskei as his successor. He was consecrated bishop in March 2009.^[1]

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