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Blessed Bishop Vilmos Apor | |
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| Bishop of Győr | |
 c. 1930. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Győr |
| See | Győr |
| Appointed | 21 January 1941 |
| Installed | 2 March 1941 |
| Term ended | 2 April 1945 |
| Predecessor | István Breyer |
| Successor | Károly Kálmán Papp |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 August 1915 by Sigismund Waitz |
| Consecration | 24 February 1941 by Jusztinián György Serédi |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baron Vilmos Apor 29 February 1892 |
| Died | 2 April 1945 (aged 53) Győr, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Motto | Crux firmat mitem mitigate fortem ("The Cross strengthens the meek; tames the strong") |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 2 April |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 November 1997 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (29 February 1892 – 2 April 1945) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor family, and served as a bishop during World War II. He became famous for protesting against the persecution of the Hungarian Jewish population and for his steadfast commitment to the poor.[1][2][3] His outreach also extended to abuse victims with a particular emphasis on the protection of women - it would be this latter commitment that saw him sustain fatal injuries leading to his death.[3] Apor dedicated himself to being an opponent of both communism and Nazism and used his sermons as a platform to condemn them though coming at a great personal risk to himself. Apor was a beloved figure in his diocese, where people hailed him as a great saint upon learning of his death.[4][5]
The beatification process opened on 5 March 1991 and culminated after Pope John Paul II presided over the beatification in Saint Peter's Square on 9 November 1997.
- ^ "Blessed Vilmos Apor". Saints SQPN. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Blessed Vilmos Apor". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b Burns, Paul (2003). Butler's Lives of the Saints. Great Britain: Liturgical Press. pp. 147–8. ISBN 0-8146-2903-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Biographies of New Blesseds - 1997". ETWN. EWTN. 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Life of Baron Vilmos Apor". Katolikus. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.