Dionisije Njaradi

Dionisije Njaradi (10 October 1874 – 14 April 1940) was a Yugoslavian Greek Catholic hierarch of Rusyn origin. He was auxiliary bishop (as titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae) and Apostolic Administrator from 1914 to 1920 (until 1917 sede plena) and bishop from 1920 to 1940 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci and Apostolic Administrator of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1922 to 1927.

Bishop Dionisije Njaradi

Biography

Born in Ruski Krstur, Austria-Hungary (present day Serbia) in 1874, he was ordained a priest on 1 January 1899 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Njaradi was the Rector of the Greek-Catholic seminary in Zagreb from 1902 to 1914.[1]

He was appointed the Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae and Apostolic Administrator by the Holy See on 5 December 1914. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 9 January 1915. The principal consecrator was Bishop Lazar Mladenov, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Pierre Kojunian and Bishop Nematallah Carame.[2]

He died in Križevci on 14 April 1940.

References
  1. Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. p. 343.
  2. "Bishop Dionýz Njaradi". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-05-28.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Julije Drohobeczky		 Eastern Catholic Bishop of Križevci
1914–1940
(until 1920 as apostolic administrator)		 Succeeded by
Janko Šimrak
Preceded by
Štefan Novák
as bishop		 Apostolic Administrator of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov
1922–1927		 Succeeded by
Pavel Peter Gojdič
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