Joakim Segedi (27 October 1904 – 20 March 2004) was a Ruthenian and Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was auxiliary bishop as Titular Bishop of Gypsaria from 1963 to 1984 of the Eastern Catholic

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. In 17 March 2004, three days before his death, was elevated in rank of the titular archbishop with the same titular see of Gypsaria.

Biography

Born in

Ruski Krstur Ruski Krstur (Serbian Cyrillic: Руски Крстур; Rusyn: Руски Керестур) is a village in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Kula, West Bačka District. The village has a Rusyn ethnic majority. Its popul ...

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(present day –

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) in 1904, he was

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on 4 September 1927 by Bishop Dionisije Njaradi for the

. Fr. Segedi was the spiritual director of the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb from 1930 to 1936 and the Bishop's personal assistant from 1936 to 1940. He was appointed by the

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an Auxiliary Bishop on 24 February 1963. He was consecrated to the

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on 28 July 1963. The principal

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was Metropolitan

Yosyf Slipyi Josyf Slipyi ( uk, Йосиф Сліпий, born as uk, Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, translit=Yosyf Kobernyts'kyy-Dychkovs'kyy; 17 February 1892 – 7 September 1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek ...

, and the principal co-consecrator were Archbishop Gabrijel Bukatko and Bishop

Augustine Hornyak Augustine Eugene Hornyak, OSBM (1919–2003) was the first Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain. He was one of the few English and Ukrainian bishops to attend the Second Vatican Council. Early life Bishop ...

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. Bishop Segedi retired as auxiliary bishop on 27 October 1984 in age 80. He participated in the

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as a

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in 1960th. He died in

Križevci Križevci (; la, Crisium; hu, Kőrös ; german: Kreutz ) is a city in central Croatia with a total population of 21,122 and with 11,231 in the city itself (2011), the oldest city in its county, the Koprivnica-Križevci County. History The f ...

on 20 March 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segedi, Joakim 1904 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Croatian Eastern Catholics Bishops of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia Participants in the Second Vatican Council