Peter Rusnák (born 6 September 1950 in

Humenné Humenné (; ; ) is a town in the Prešov Region ("kraj") in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the Laborec and Cirocha Rivers. Na ...

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) is the current

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(bishop) of the Eparchy of Bratislava in the

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Life

Peter Rusnák, son of a Greek Catholic priest, was born in Humenné, a city in the eastern Slovakia. At the time of the communist regime in the former

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, the family was harassed by the state government. Peter Rusnák graduated in theology in the Roman Catholic University in Bratislava, at the same time it was the only Catholic School on the present territory of Slovakia during the Communist government in Czechoslovakia. Rusnák on 16 June 1987 in Greek Catholic

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was ordained priest. As Apostolic Administrator Rusnák was in the following Greco-Catholic parishes pastoral operates in Kapišová, Prešov, Vranov nad Topľou, Petrová and Bardejov. From 1990 to 1993, Rusnák took spiritual care in the Greek Catholic seminary in Prešov to Greek Catholic seminarians. From 1994 to 1995 he took over in the Prešov archeparchy the duties of the

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. From 1995 to 1998 Rusnák worked as director of the Curia. For 13 years, from 1990 to 2003, Peter Rusnák taught the subjects of pastoral theology and homiletics at the Greek-Catholic Faculty in Prešov. In addition Rusnák worked as a member of the Liturgical Commission.

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

appointed Peter Rusnák on 30 January 2008 Bishop of the Eparchy of Bratislava. The solemn ordination took place on 16 February 2008. Since 24 February 2008 Peter Rusnák is bishop of the Eparchy of Bratislava.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brusna.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusnak, Peter Slovak Greek Catholic bishops 1950 births Living people People from Humenné Slovak Eastern Catholics