Dionisije Njaradi
Dionisije Njaradi was a Yugoslavian Greek Catholic hierarch of Rusyn origin. He was auxiliary bishop and Apostolic Administrator from 1914 to 1920 and bishop from 1920 to 1940 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci and Apostolic Administrator of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1922 to 1927.Biography
Born in Ruski Krstur, Austria-Hungary in 1874, he was ordained a priest on 1 January 1899 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Njaradi was the Rector of the Greek-Catholic seminary in Zagreb from 1902 to 1914.
He was appointed the Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae and Apostolic Administrator by the Holy See on 5 December 1914. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 9 January 1915. The principal consecrator was Bishop Lazar Mladenov, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Pierre Kojunian and Bishop Nematallah Carame.
He died in Križevci on 14 April 1940.
