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Róbert Bezák

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His Excellency
Róbert Bezák
C.SS.R.
Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Trnava
Appointed April 18, 2009
Installed June 6, 2009
Term ended July 2, 2012
Predecessor Ján Sokol
Successor Ján Orosch
Orders
Ordination June 14, 1984
Consecration June 6, 2009
by Cardinal Jozef Tomko
Personal details
Born March 1, 1960
Handlová, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)

Mons. Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. (born 1 March 1960) is a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He was consecrated as Archbishop of Trnava on June 6, 2009, by Cardinal Jozef Tomko.[1]

He was removed from his see on July 2, 2012. Hundreds of Catholics protested at Trnava Cathedral following the decision. Bezák told his congregation that the Holy See had made "serious allegations" against him and barred him from speaking to the media.[2]

In December 2013 Bezák moved to the Redemptorist monastery in the Italian town of Bussolengo near Verona, in Italy.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation Biography at Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Back to citation "Vatikán zakázal slovenskému exarcibiskupovi výstupy v médiích". Deník.cz (originally ČTK). March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  3. Back to citation "Dismissed Archbishop Bezak Takes Post in Italy". The Daily.sk. October 14, 2013. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.