Ján Eugen Kočiš
Ján Eugen Kočiš | |
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| Titular Bishop of Bishop) by Đura Džudžar | |
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| Born | Ján Eugen Kočiš 25 June 1926 |
| Died | 4 December 2019 (aged 93) Prešov, Slovakia |
Bishop Ján Eugen Kočiš (25 June 1926 – 4 December 2019) was a Slovak-Czech
Life
Bishop Kočiš was born as a youngest child among 8 children in the Greek-Catholic family of Juraj Kočiš in the Michalovce District of the Eastern Slovakia, but he grew up in Trebišov. After his graduation of school education, he completed his study as the teacher in the Pedagogical College in Michalovce (1942–1946) and worked in this profession a one year in Malá Tŕňa.[1]
In 1947 he joined the Theological Seminary in Prešov, where he studied until prohibition of the Greek-Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia in 1950 and the beginning of religion persecution. Kočiš was clandestinely ordained as a priest on 1 January 1951,[2] a short time before his was forced to make a compulsory service in the military camps for forced labour (1951–1953).[1]
After ordination he served as a clandestine priest, but officially worked as a baker, excavator driver, worker, until his arrest and imprisonment in 1958 by the Communist
With The
On 24 April 2004 Msgr. Kočiš was appointed and on 15 May 2004 was
After his retirement in 2006 he returned to his native Slovakia and resided in Prešov.[1] He died on 4 December 2019.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Biskup Ján Eugen Kočiš sa v sobotu dožíva životného jubilea: 90-tky". Official Website of The Eparchy of Bratislava (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Bishop Ján Eugen Kočiš". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia". apostolische-nachfolge.de. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Zomrel gréckokatolícky emeritný biskup Ján Eugen Kočiš". presov.korzar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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