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HIS Press Service No.14, April 1979 Page 2 also lectured on ascetics and liturgy. In 1965, he was appointed Spiritual Director of the Central Seminary in Budapest. In the same year, he began to hold classes as a lecturer at the Theological Academy in Budapest. He spent the summer of 1966 in Louvain, where he studied modern philosophy at the Institut Supérieur de la Philo\ Sophie. In 1967, he became Professsor of Philosophy at the Academy. Inl973,he became Rector of the Budapest Central Seminary. On 6 March 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Veszprém. The episcopal consecration took place on 5 April 1978 in the Veszprém Cathedral. His episcopal motto is: "In virtute spiritus." Dr.Gyűl a SZAKOS was born in Sótony (County of Vas) on 10 August 1916. He completed his studies as a Pazmaneum student in Vienna, where he was ordained a priest on 9 July 1938. He finished his doctoral studies in theology in the same year. After serving as an assistant pastor in Kőszeg for one year, he became the episcopal Master of Ceremonies and also archivist for the Diocese of Szombathely. In 1943 he was given the title of "Episcopal Counsellor." From 1944-48 he was the secretary to the Bishop; from 1948-51, he served as chancery head under the Bishop of Szombathely, Sándor Kovács. From 1945-51 he was also the diocese's Head School Inspector. He was pastor in Zalaerdod from 1951-74, and was at the St.Ladislaus Parish in Sárvár since 1974. The title of "Papal Chaplain" was conferred upon him in 1970. As a member of the pre-synodal examining commission, he served as an examiner for canon law and, as a member of the triennial examining commission, as an examiner for exegesis. In addition, he is a secretarial member of the diocesan liturgy commission, a member of the commission on sacred art, and a member of the diocesan Priests Senate. He also serves as a member of the central economic committee. In addition, he is also an active member of the national liturgical commission, which is headed by the Diocesan Bishop of Székesfehérvár, Imre Kisberk. C Dr.István Bagi was born in Körmend (County of Vas) on 11 July 1931. As a junior seminarian for the Archdiocese of Esztergom, he received his diploma from the Benedictines in Győr after successfully completing his high school studies. He then transferred to the Central Seminary in Budapest and completed his doctoral studies at the Theological Academy in 1958. He was ordained to the priesthood in Esztergom on 12 June 1955. He served as an assistant in the St..Anthony Parish in Budapest- Zuglo from 1956-65. From 1965-67, he was a scholarship student at the Hungarian Papal Institute in Rome where he received his master's degree in moral and pastoral theology from the Alfonsiana. After returning to Budapest, he served as an assistant in the capitol's St.Matthew Church. In 1968, he was appointed a member of the teaching staff of the diocesan seminary in Esztergom, where he taught moral and pastoral theology, pedagogy, and homiletics; in the same year, he was appointed as a pre-synodal examiner. In addition, he has been librarian of the Simor Library in Esztergom since 1969. When Dr.Árpád Fábián was appointed bishop in 1972, Dr. I.Bagi
