Nikolaj Kocvár
Nikolaj (born December 19, 1927 in Hanigovce as Mikuláš Kocvár ; † January 31, 2006 in Prešov ) was the metropolitan of Prague of the Czech lands and Slovakia .
Kocvár was ordained a priest on August 5, 1950 and attended the Skola Teologicka duchovna akademia Zagorsk from 1955 to 1959 . In 1959 he was a candidate for the Moscow Theological Academy . He became Archimandrite on February 25, 1965 . On February 28, 1965 he was ordained bishop and he became Bishop of Prešov.
On June 4, 2000, Nikolaj, Archbishop since 1988 , followed Dorotheus in office as Metropolitan of the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
His predecessors as metropolitan were Savvatij Vrabec (1923–1951), Gorazd (murdered 1925–1942) and Dorotheus (1964–1999).
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| SURNAME | Kocvár, Nikolaj |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kocvár, Mikuláš (maiden name); Nikolaj |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech clergyman, metropolitan of Prague, the Czech lands and Slovakia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanigovce |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2006 |
| Place of death | Prešov |