Ábel Szocska

Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.
Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M.
Eparchial Bishop of Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza
Church	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	31 October 2015 (as Apostolic Administrator); 7 April 2018 (as Eparchial Bishop)
Predecessor	Atanáz Orosz (as Ap. Administrator)
Successor	Incumbent
Other post(s)	Protohegumen of the Hungarian province of the O.S.B.M. (since 2008)
Orders
Ordination	30 September 2001 (Priest); by Szilárd Keresztes
Consecration	10 May 2018 (Bishop); by Péter Fülöp Kocsis
Personal details
Born	Anatoliy Sochka; 21 September 1972 (age 52); Vynohradiv, Ukrainian SSR

Bishop Ábel Antal Szocska, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Авель Сочка; born 21 September 1972) is a Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch. He is serving as the first Eparchial Bishop of the Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza from 31 October 2015 (until 7 April 2018 he was an Apostolic Administrator of the same Eparchy).

Biography

Born in Vynohradiv, Ukrainian SSR in 1972, he was ordained a priest on 30 September 2001 by Bishop Szilárd Keresztes. He was appointed the Apostolic Administrator by the Holy See on 31 October 2015.^[1]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Atanáz Orosz (as Ap. Administrator)	Apostolic Administrator of Nyíregyháza 2015–2018	Succeeded by himself as Eparchial Bishop
Preceded by himself as Apostolic Administrator	Eparchial Bishop of Nyíregyháza 2018–present	Incumbent