Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a

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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

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. He worked Komarno,

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Okoč Okoč ( hu, Ekecs, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Component villages The municipality comprises the following villages and manors: Demography In 1910, the village ...

(1982),

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(1983), Vyškovce Ipľom(1984), Nové Zámky(1990), Bratislava-Prievoz (1991), Bratislava-Čunovo (1992).

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on 2 April 2004 appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava and the

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. 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

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appointed him ''apostolic administrator'' after Archbishop

Róbert Bezák 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. His removal from the see of Trnava was announced on July 2, 2012. Hund ...

was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Trnava. On 11 July 2013

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named him Apostolic Administrator for Archbishop of Trnava.Text buly o menovaní trnavského arcibiskupa Oroscha
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. He later apologized for the comments.

References

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