Also referred to as Wolfgang, his German name variant, Farkas originated from the gens (clan) Bejc (or Beuch), a minor Hungarian kindred, which possessed lands in Vas County around their centre, Bejc (present-day part of Bejcgyertyános), near the village of Rum.
[1] Through his brother Paul, he had a nephew Nicholas, who was granted the castle of Hricsó (present-day Hričovské Podhradie, Slovakia) by Béla IV of Hungary in 1265, courtesy to his uncle.
[4] As a candidate of the monarch,[5] he was elected Bishop of Zagreb by some members of the cathedral chapter in the second half of 1262,[6] but the election was not confirmed by Pope Urban IV, because Béla's rival, the influential cardinal Stephen Báncsa suggested his namesake nephew at first, then the chamberlain of his household, Timothy to become the Bishop of Zagreb.
As a compensation of his unsuccessful candidacy in Zagreb previously, Pope Clement IV confirmed him as provost of Székesfehérvár on 4 July 1266.
[8] Farkas was unanimously elected Bishop of Győr around April 1268, as a result he was replaced as vice-chancellor and provost in that year.