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György Jakubinyi

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Romanian cleric The native form of this personal name is Jakubinyi György Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
His Excellency
György-Miklós Jakubínyi
Archbishop of Alba Iulia
Jakubinyi in 2010
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Appointed8 April 1994
Term endedDecember 24, 2019
PredecessorLajos Bálint
SuccessorGergely Kovács
Other post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia (1990-1994)
Orders
Ordination13 April 1969
Consecration29 April 1990
by Francesco Colasuonno
Personal details
Born (1946-02-13) 13 February 1946 (age 78)
Sighetu Marmației, Romania
NationalityRomanian

György Miklós Jakubinyi (born 13 February 1946) is a Romanian cleric, the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in Sighetu Marmației, he attended school in his native town from 1952 to 1963 before beginning his religious training that year at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia. Ordained a priest in 1969 by Áron Márton, he was consecrated auxiliary bishop at Șumuleu Ciuc in 1990. The following year, he became administrator of the Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania. He was made archbishop in 1994, and retired in 2019.

Notes

  1. (in Hungarian) Jakubinyi at the Magyar Katolikus Lexikon site; accessed May 6, 2012
  2. (in Romanian) “Papa Francisc l-a numit ca Arhiepiscop de Alba Iulia pe Monseniorul Gergely Kovács”, Adevărul, December 25, 2019

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