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Gergely Kovács was born on July 21, 1968, in Târgu
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until 1992. He was ordained a priest in the
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in Târgu Mureș. Since 1997 he has been in the service of the Holy See, working in the
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his bishop sent him to study in Rome. Already in Rome, he stayed at the
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