Ján Babjak

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The Most Reverend

Ján Babjak,

S.J.
Prešov
In office2003 - 2022
PredecessorJán Hirka
SuccessorPeter Rusnák (Apostolic Administrator)
Orders
Ordination11 June 1978
Consecration6 January 2003
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born (1953-10-28) 28 October 1953 (age 70)
Hažín nad Cirochou, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia)
MottoYou are the temple of the living God
Coat of armsJán Babjak,'s coat of arms

Ján Babjak,

S.J. (born 28 October 1953, in Hažín nad Cirochou) is Slovak Greek Catholic prelate and a first Archieparch of Prešov, previously serving as the 10th Bishop, and the highest representative of the Greek Catholic sui iuris Church in Slovakia
.

Early life and studies

After studying at the Bratislava seminary was ordained a priest on 11 June 1978 in Prešov. His pastoral service performed as a chaplain in Prešov from 1978 to 1983. In August 1983 he began work as a parish administrator in the Ľubica in Kežmarok District.

On 18 June 1987, he secretly joined the

Society of Jesus. From 1989 to 1990 he was the Prefect of the Seminary of St. Cyril and Methodius at Comenius University in Bratislava. In 1990 he became pastor of the Greek Catholic parish in Bratislava, where he served one year. From 1991 to 1993 he studied at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome
, where he received a licentiate of spirituality.

Society of Jesus

After his return to newly independent

Jesuit retreat house of St. Ignatius in Prešov. In 1994 he returned to Rome, where he worked in the Slovak Radio and the Vatican department in addition, he studied spirituality from which in 1996 at the Pontifical Oriental Institute
, defended his doctoral thesis on "P. Michal Lacko - teacher formatter and Greek Catholics."

From 1996 until now served as Director of Works at the

Eastern spirituality at the Faculty of Theology at Comenius University in Bratislava
. He replaced

Named bishop

On 11 December 2002,

Eparchal Bishop of Prešov, being consecrated in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 6 January 2003 by the Polish Pontiff.[1] In Eparchal office, he replaced 79-year old Eparchal Bishop Ján Hirka
, who served as the Apostolic Administrator and the Bishop of the Eparchy since 1968.

On 30 January 2008, Babjak was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the first Metropolitan of Prešov and also promoted to the rank of Archeparch. The enthronement of the first Archeparch and Metropolite Ján Babjak took place on Sunday of 17 February 2008 in Prešov Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Prešov and the celebration elevation of Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia to the level of sui iuris church occurred in the city hall.

On 25 April 2022,

canonical age and named Peter Rusnák Greek Catholic Eparchal Bishop of Bratislava the apostolic administrator to the vacated Archeparchy of Prešov.[2] According to Eparchal sources, Babjak requested the release from his pastoral duties in February 2022. In his statement, Archbishop presented his resignation in favour of "peace and wellbeing of the Church"[3]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Profiles of Dozen New Bishops". Zenit. 6 January 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Svätý Otec František prijal zrieknutie sa úradu vladyku Jána Babjaka". www.tkkbs.sk. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. ^ Aktuality.sk. "Prešovský arcibiskup Ján Babjak končí". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-04-25.

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