Róbert Bezák Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Róbert Bezák
Honorific-Suffix:C.SS.R.
Archbishop Emeritus of Trnava
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Trnava
Appointed:April 18, 2009
Term Start:June 6, 2009
Term End:July 2, 2012
Predecessor:Ján Sokol
Successor:Ján Orosch
Ordination:June 14, 1984
Consecration:June 6, 2009
Consecrated By:Cardinal Jozef Tomko
Birth Date:1 March 1960
Birth Place:Handlová, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
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Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Róbert Bezák.svg
Róbert Bezák
Deathstyle:not applicable

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.[1]

He was removed from his see on July 2, 2012. Hundreds of Catholics protested at Trnava Cathedral following the decision. Bezák told his congregation that the Holy See had made "serious allegations" against him and barred him from speaking to the media.[2]

In December 2013 Bezák moved to the Redemptorist monastery in the Italian town of Bussolengo near Verona, in Italy.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbezak.html Biography at Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Web site: Vatikán zakázal slovenskému exarcibiskupovi výstupy v médiích. March 5, 2013. Deník.cz (originally ČTK). March 5, 2013.
  3. Web site: Dismissed Archbishop Bezak Takes Post in Italy. October 14, 2013. The Daily.sk. January 6, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107014111/http://www.thedaily.sk/dismissed-archbishop-bezak-takes-post-in-italy/. January 7, 2014. mdy-all.