Péter Erdő

Details

Instance of

human

Born

25 June 1952

Place of birth

Budapest

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Péter

Family name

Erdö

Occupation

Catholic priest, canon law jurist, Catholic bishop, university teacher, archbishop, parson, Catholic theologian

Position held

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, cardinal priest, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop, primas Hungariae, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary, cardinal

Citizenship

Hungary

Religion

Catholic Church

Awards

Stephanus Award, Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Fraknói Vilmos Prize, Széchenyi Prize, Ring of Tolerance, Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University, honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin, honorary doctor of the University of Munich, honorary doctorate of the University of Navarre

consecrator

John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, Marcello Zago

different from

Péter Erdős

educated at

Piarist Gymnasium of Budapest, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Theological College of Esztergom, Central seminary (Budapest), Pontifical Lateran University, Pápai Magyar Intézet

employer

Pontifical Lateran University, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Pontifical Gregorian University

languages spoken, written or signed

German, Hungarian

member of

European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Academia Europaea

motto text

Initio non erat nisi gratia

name in native language

Erdő Péter

participant in

2013 conclave, 2005 conclave, 2025 conclave

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