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]