Miklós Beer

His Excellency Miklós Beer D.D., Th.D
Bishop of Vác
Miklós Beer in 2014
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Eger
See	Vác
Appointed	27 May 2003
Installed	20 June 2003
Predecessor	Ferenc Keszthelyi
Orders
Ordination	19 June 1966
Consecration	27 May 2000
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Birth name	Miklós Beer
Born	(1943-06-01) 1 June 1943 Budapest, Hungary
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest (2000–03)
Motto	Latin: Permanentes in fide (Remaining faithful)
Coat of arms

Styles of Miklós Beer
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Miklós Beer (born 1 June 1943) is a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Bishop of Vác since his installation on 20 June 2003. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest from 2000 to 2003.

Life

Beer grew up in Budapest, where attended the Central Seminary (Seminarium Centrale; Hungarian: Központi Papnevelő Intézet). He was ordained priest in Esztergom on 19 June 1966. He received the academic degree of Doctor of Theology from the Roman Catholic Central Theological Academy (the institute now is Faculty of Theology of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University). He started his ecclesiastical career as a chaplain at Kőbánya, serving in this capacity between 1967 and 1969. Then he was transferred to Szob, where he resided until 1970. He was vicar of Márianosztra from 1970 to 1975, then of Pilismarót from 1976 to 1997. Beside that he also taught theology at the Theological College of Esztergom. In 1999, he was named rector of the seminary, holding the position until 2003.^[1]

He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest on 8 April 2000. He was consecrated a bishop by Pope John Paul II on 27 May. After the retirement of Ferenc Keszthelyi, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Vác on 27 May 2003, where he was installed on 20 June.

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