Jenő or Eugen Schönberger (born June 18, 1959) is a

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n cleric, bishop of the

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. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in

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(''Túrterebes''),

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, he studied at the

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before being ordained in 1985. He was assistant priest in

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and

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and parish priest in Petreşti and Satu Mare. From 1997 to 2001, he was spiritual director and professor of liturgics at Alba Iulia. In 2001 he became parish priest at Dorolț, and the following year he was transferred to Sighetu Marmaţiei. In 2003 he was consecrated bishop in the

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in Satu Mare by Alba Iulia Archbishop

György Jakubinyi 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 fr ...

.PS episcopul Eugen (Jenő) Schönberger
at the Satu Mare Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 15, 2012

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schonberger, Jeno 1959 births People from Satu Mare County Romanian religious leaders of Hungarian descent 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Romania Living people Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare