HIS-Press-Service, 1979 (4. évfolyam, 13-15. szám)
1979-04-01 / 14. szám
HIS Press Service No.14, April 1979 Page 3 succeeded him - initially as his representative - as Rector of the Hungarian Papal Institute in Rome. He was officially appointed Rector on 16 March 1973, and has thus been responsible for the Institute's direction since that time, while at the same time serving as the official representative of the Hungarian Bishops Conference in Rome. Dr.Bagi also holds the title of "Papal Prelate!." Isidor István MAROSI was born in Ujkêcske (Tiszakécske), which is in the County of Bács-Kiskún, on 27 March 1916. He completed his high school studies by the Piarists in Vác. He studied philosophy for one year at the Gregoriana in Rome and finished his theological studies in Vác where he was ordained to the priesthood on 21 June 1941. He was then assistant and also religion teacher in Lajosmizse, and later in Kúnszentmiklós. He was also hospital chaplain in Debrecen, pastor in Homok, military chaplain, religion teacher in Szentes, and high school religion teacher in Hódmezővásárhely. In 1948 he became pastor in Szentlőrinckáta. Beginning in 1956, he served as pastor in Izsák for 20 years. In 1962 he was named honorary dean. On 1 April 1977, he became pastor of the main parish church in Kecskemet and dean of the Kecskemet deanery. He was given the title of Titular Abbot by Archbishop Bánk, the bishop of Vác, in 1978. At the time of his present appointment as bishop, he happened to be in Rome where, as a former member of the Collegium Germanicum Hungaricum, he was participating in the Collegium's jubilee celebration. + The appointment of Dr.László Paskai as Diocesan Bishop is in accordance with the praxis which has been carried out since the agreement reached in 1964: namely that the newly-named bishop, in his office of a titular bishop who exercises the function of an Apostolic Administrator, is temporarily entrusted with the leadership of a diocese - and only after a given "probation period" is he finally appointed diocesan bishop. When Dr.László Paskai was entrusted with the direction of the Diocese of Veszprém in 1978, he possessed an excellent reputation as a professor of theology, but had very little experience in the field of pastoral care. Yet, he was able to live up to the expectations placed in him as the "pastoral bishop." The faithful, for example were pleased to see that the bishop celebrated the evening Mass in the cathedral every day, to the extent it was possible for him to do so, and also took time to hear Confessions before the Mass began. Dr.Gyula Szakos and Isidor István Marosi, both of whom are members of the older gener ation of priests, are held in high regard for the conscientious manner in which they carry out their priestly duties. As Titular Bishop of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár, Dr.Gyula Szakos replaces Ferenc Rosta who died after somewhat less than four months
