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Bernard Bober (born 3 November 1950) is a Slovak catholic prelate. He is the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Košice, chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops and Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University in Ružomberok.


Biography

Bernard Bober was born on 3 November 1950 in the village of Zbudské Dlhé in
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. He was ordained priest on 8 June 1974 in the St Martin's Cathedral in
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. Following his ordination, he served as a chaplain in the towns of
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, Snina and Zborov. From 1978 to 1990 he was the parish priest in the village of Kecerovce. In 1991 he was named the
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of the Diocese of Košice. On 29 December 1992 Bober was named Auxiliary Bishop of Košice and Titular Bishop of Vissalsa by the
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. He was consecrated on 30 January 1993 at the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in
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by the Cardinal
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and co-concentrated by the Bishop of Košice Alojz Tkáč and Archbishop of Trnava Ján Sokol. On 4 June 2010, he succeeded Tkáč as the head of the Archdiocese of Košice. On 10 October 2022, Bober replaced Archbishop of Bratislava Stanislav Zvolenský as the head of the Conference of Slovak Bishops. In addition to Church offices, Bober also serves as the Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University in Ružomberok. In 2025, Bober claimed that there is a lack of objective evaluation of the role of the fascist
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era leader
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. His claim was widely criticized by Slovak historians.


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External links


Archbishop Bernard Bober at Catholic Hierarchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bober, Bernard 1950 births Living people People from Humenné District 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Slovakia Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II