Fekete was born in
Kőszeg,
Vas County. After graduation of the primary school education in
Kőszegszerdahely during 1984–1992 and the Benedictine Gymnasium Gregor Czuczor in
Győr from 1992 to 1996, he joined Major Theological Central Seminary in
Budapest, Hungary (1996–2002) and was ordained as a
priest for the
Diocese of Szombathely on 26 June 2002, Fekete initially worked as a parish vicar in
Szentgotthárd. In addition, in 2004 he obtained a degree in Catholic theology from the
Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest. In 2006 Fr. Benedek Szabolcs Fekete became a pastor in
Csákánydoroszló and in 2008 he was also the dean of the Őrség deanery. From 2009 Fekete was pastor of the parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in
Szombathely and
chancellor of the diocesan curia. From 2013 to 2016 he was also pastor of the parish of St. Stephen in Szombathely. Furthermore, Benedek Szabolcs Fekete worked from 2013 as a notary at the church court of the Diocese of Szombathely and from 2019 also as head of the department for family pastoral. ==Prelate==