Tamás Bakócz

The native form of this personal name is Bakócz Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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Tamás Bakócz
ProvinceEsztergom
SeeEsztergom
Appointed1497
Installed1497
PredecessorIppolito d'Este
SuccessorGeorge Szatmári
Other postLatin Patriarch of Constantinople
Previous posts
  • Bishop of Győr (1487–1493)
  • Bishop of Eger (1497)
Orders
Consecration1497
by Pope Alexander VI
Created cardinal1500
by Pope Alexander VI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
BornTamás Bakócz
1442
Erdőd, Hungary
(modern Ardud, Romania)
Died15 June 1521
(aged 79)
Esztergom, Hungary
BuriedEsztergom Basilica
NationalityHungarian
DenominationCatholicism
Signature
Coat of arms

Tamás Bakócz OP (Croatian: Toma Bakač; also spelled Bakoch and sometimes given the toponymic element Erdődy; b. 1442 – d. 1521) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was a serious candidate in the 1513 papal conclave.

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