Ladislav Hučko (16 February 1948 – 14 January 2025) was a Slovak
hierarch
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of the
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
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,
Apostolic Exarch of the Czech Republic (2003–2025).
Biography
Hučko was born in
Prešov
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,
Czechoslovakia
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(now in Slovakia) and was ordained a priest on 30 March 1996. Hučko was appointed titular bishop of
Horaea as well as
Apostolic Exarch
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of the
on 24 April 2003 and ordained a bishop on 31 May 2003.
He completed his studies by obtaining a doctorate from the Pontifical Lateran University in 2000. In 2004 he became Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology. Subsequently, he began teaching dogmatic theology at the Theological Institute in Košice. He also became a founding member and editor-in-chief of the journal Verba Theologica. He also worked as a Spiritualist at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Košice.
Hučko died in Prague on 14 January 2025, at the age of 76.
References
External links
Profile at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
1948 births
2025 deaths
Slovak bishops
Slovak Eastern Catholics
Slovak Greek Catholic bishops
People from Prešov
Bishops of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Czech bishops
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