Imre Csáky
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| Church positions | |
|---|---|
| See | Archdiocese of Kalocsa |
| Title | Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio; Archbishop of Kalocsa |
| Period in office | November 19, 1714—August 28, 1732 |
| Previous post | Bishop of Nagyvárad |
| Created cardinal | July 12, 1717 |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | October 28, 1672 |
| Place of birth | Spiš Castle, present-day Slovakia |
| Date of death | August 28, 1732 (aged 59) |
| Place of death | Oradea, present-day Romania |
Imre Csáky (October 28, 1672 - August 28, 1732) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic cardinal.
[edit] Biography
Csáky was born in Spiš Castle (nowadays in Slovakia), a fief of his family. He studied in Košice , Vienna and Rome and was ordained priest, starting his eclessiastical career in Eger and then in Košice and Esztergom. In 1703 he was appointed abbot of Szent Gothárdi.
On June 25, 1703, he was elected bishop of Nagyvárad (present Oradea, Romania). On November 19, 1714, he was promoted metropolitan archbishop of Archdiocese of Kalocsa and held the Nagyvárad diocese as apostolic administrator until his death.
Csáky was created cardinal priest in pectore in the consistory of July 12, 1717 by Pope Clement XI with the title of Sant'Eusebio. He took part in the Papal conclave of 1721, but not in those of 1724 and 1730. Inquisitor General of the island of Sicily from 1723. He died in 1732 in a castle he had built near Nagyvárad.
