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The Most Reverend Ján Orosch | |
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Archbishop of Trnava | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Trnava |
See | Trnava |
Appointed | 11 July 2013 |
Installed | 30 August 2013 |
Predecessor | Róbert Bezák |
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava (2004-08) Titular Bishop of Semina (2004-13) Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (2008-12) Apostolic Administrator of Trnava (2012-13) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 6 June 1976 by Julius Gábriš |
Consecration | 2 May 2004 by Ján Sokol |
Personal details | |
Born | Ján Orosch (1953-05-28) 28 May 1953 (age 71) Bratislava, Slovakia |
Motto | Corde videre |
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Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Archbishop of Trnava.
Biography
After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Julius Gábriš on 6 June 1976 in Bratislava. He worked Komarno, Bušince, Okoč (1982), Hodruša-Hámre (1983), Vyškovce Ipľom(1984), Nové Zámky(1990), Bratislava-Prievoz (1991), Bratislava-Čunovo (1992).
Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2004 appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava and the titular bishop of Semina. received his episcopal ordination on 2 May 2004, together with today's Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský in the Cathedral of SS. John the Baptist in Trnava.
On 2 July 2012 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic administrator after Archbishop Róbert Bezák was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Trnava. On 11 July 2013 Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator for Archbishop of Trnava.
In November 2022, Orosch questioned the innocence of the two victims of a terrorist attack outside a gay bar in Bratislava. His comments were condemned by Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová and Prime Minister Eduard Heger among others and he was awarded the Homophobe of the Year prize by the NGO Human Rights Institute. He later apologized for the comments.
References
- Arcibiskup vyháňa benediktínov. Vzali im pozemky, zrušili účet Čítajte viac.
- Arcibiskup vyháňa benediktínov. Vzali im pozemky, zrušili účet Čítajte viac.
- Nový trnavský arcibiskup Ján Orosch sa chce stretnúť s Róbertom Bezákom, aby upokojil situáciu.
- Archbishop Ján Orosch at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Number 14,586.
- TK KBS. Noví biskupi pre Bratislavsko – trnavskú arcidiecézu.
- \l "TK KBS. Bratislavsko – trnavská arcidiecéza má dvoch nových pomocných biskupov.
- Svätý Otec rozhodol o zmenách v Trnavskej arcidiecéze.
- Svätý Otec František vymenoval nového trnavského arcibiskupa.
- Text buly o menovaní trnavského arcibiskupa Oroscha.
- ^ Hudec, Michal (8 November 2022). "Archbishop apologises for stance on Bratislava queer bar killings". Euractiv. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- Németh, Marco (22 June 2023). "Slovensko pozná „víťaza" ceny Homofób roka: Ten získal až 50 percent hlasov". Startitup.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 June 2023.