Ottokár Prohászka

Ottokár Prohászka
Bishop of Székesfehérvár
Ottokár Prohászka circa 1918
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Székesfehérvár
In office11 December 1905 – 2 April 1927
PredecessorGyula Városy
SuccessorLajos Shvoy
Orders
Ordination30 October 1881
Consecration21 December 1905
by Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto[1]
Personal details
Born(1858-10-10)10 October 1858
Died2 April 1927(1927-04-02) (aged 68)

Ottokár Prohászka (Hungarian: Prohászka Ottokár; 10 October 1858 – 2 April 1927) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic theologian and Bishop of Székesfehérvár from 1905 until his death.

Prohászka was born in Nyitra (today Nitra, Slovakia). In October 1918, he published the influential antisemitic tract Kultúra és Terror (Culture and Terror), which contributed to the increase in violent antisemitism that culminated in the White Terror. Prohászka has been described as "one of the founders of political antisemitism in Hungary".[2]

He died in Budapest.

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Ottokár Prohászka". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  2. ^ Bodó, Béla (2019). The White Terror: Antisemitic and Political Violence in Hungary, 1919-1921. New York: Routledge. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-138-57952-1.