Miklós Dudás (bishop)

Miklós Dudás O.S.B.M. (27 October 1902 – 15 July 1972) was a Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Hajdúdorog from 1939 to 1972, Apostolic Administrator of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1943 to 1946 and Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1946 to 1972.

Miklós Dudás O.S.B.M.
Eparch of Hajdúdorog
Bust of Dudás in Kossuth Lajos Square, in the town of Máriapócs, Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg County
Church	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese	Eparchy of Hajdúdorog
In office	25 April 1939 – 15 July 1972
Predecessor	István Miklósy
Successor	Imre Timkó
Other post	Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc (1946-1972)
Previous post	Apostolic Administrator of Mukachevo (1944)
Orders
Ordination	8 September 1927 by Istvan Miklósy
Consecration	14 May 1939 by Antal Papp
Personal details
Born	(1902-10-27)27 October 1902 Máriapócs, Kingdom of Hungary, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died	15 July 1972(1972-07-15) (aged 69) Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs–Szatmár County, Hungarian People's Republic

Life

Born in Máriapócs, Austria-Hungary in 1902, he was ordained a priest on 8 September 1927. He was appointed a bishop by the Holy See on 25 March 1939. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 14 May 1939. The principal consecrator was Antal Papp, and the principal co-consecrators were Endré Kriston and Zoltán Lajos Meszlényi.

He died in Nyíregyháza on 15 July 1972.

See also

• Catholic Church in Hungary