Jozef Zlatňanský (13 March 1927 – 11 February 2017) was a

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bishop. Born in

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, Zlatňanský was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. In 1997, he was named bishop and the secretary of the Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe serving from 1997 until 2004.

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