Jožef Smej (15 February 1922 – 21 November 2020) was a Slovene
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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Slovenia
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and was ordained a priest on 8 December 1944. Smej was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Maribor, as well as titular bishop of
Tzernicus
Tzernicus was the ancient name of an area in northern Albania, eventually part of the medieval Bosnian region.
Tzernicus, also known as Cerminic, is also a titular see of the Roman Catholic ChurchUmrl je upokojeni škof Jožef Smej /ref> from COVID-19 during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia was a part of the COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first slovenian citizen to be infected was resulted ...