Róbert Bezák

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Róbert Bezák CSsR (born March 1, 1960 in Prievidza , Slovakia ) is a Roman Catholic religious and former Archbishop of Trnava .

Life

Róbert Bezák joined the Redemptorist Order in 1979 , made his profession in 1983 and was ordained a priest on June 14, 1984 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on February 18, 2009 Archbishop of Trnava . The President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for World Eucharistic Congresses , Cardinal Jozef Tomko , donated him episcopal ordination on June 6th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Mario Giordana , Apostolic Nuncio in Slovakia, and Stanislav Zvolenský , Archbishop of Bratislava . As a motto he chose Imple Nos Misericordia .

On July 1, 2012, Bezák was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. removed from office. The background to the recall remained largely unclear, but it is generally assumed that there is a connection with Bezák's financial conduct and his allegations against his predecessor Ján Sokol and the resulting apostolic visitation . Larger parts of the population strongly sympathize with Bezák. A petition with around 12,000 signatures against the recall was submitted.

Under Pope Francis there have been signals for a possible rehabilitation of Bezák since mid-2013. In addition, several petitions were started in neighboring Austria. Bezák has been in the Redemptorist monastery in Bussolengo near Verona since December 2013 . In June 2014 he met Pope Francis for the first time after a general audience in St. Peter's Square .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pope deposes Slovak archbishop. In: Spiegel online . July 2, 2012, Retrieved November 25, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Reasons for recall unknown on Radio Slovakia International on December 21, 2012, accessed on December 21, 2012
  3. ↑ ORF: Slovakia: Archbishop Bezak before rehabilitation? (June 10, 2013)
  4. ↑ wir-sind-kirche.at, International Petition for the Rehabilitation of Ex-Archbishop Robert Bezák
  5. ↑ http://www.kathweb.at/site/nachrichten/database/63278.html
  6. ↑ http://www.kathweb.at/site/nachrichten/database/63278.html

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predecessor Office successor
Ján Sokol Archbishop of Trnava
2009–2012 		Ján Orosch
personal data
SURNAME Bezák, Róbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak priest, Archbishop of Trnava
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Prievidza