The Transylvanian Reformed Church is not giving up the fight

The Transylvanian Reformed Church District has re-elected Béla Kató as bishop on December 11, gaining 98% of the votes.

Maszol reports that the general assembly gathered together in Cluj Napoca (Kolozsvár) and re-elected bishop Béla Kató to hold his position, while Csaba Kántor, vice-bishop and László Szegedi, general director were re-elected as well. The Church District welcomes two new members, Attila Ambrus and Zsolt Tőkés as main caretakers next to Zoltán Dézsi, who was re-elected in his position.

The general assembly expressed their gratitude and trust in Béla Kató for the third time:

During his first mandate (1) the bishop offered resignation because of political reasons, but the assembly decided that he should keep his position (2). Now, he was voted bishop for the third time, although he cannot carry out his six-year mandate: he is turning 70 in five years, and according to church laws, he has to retire.

Kató was presented with tough challenges while he was the bishop in the past, for example, the time when the state suspended the refunding of church money that was nationalised. Despite the hardships, the church’s spiritual and intellectual progress was not broken in the past six years.