Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a

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currently serving as the Archbishop of Trnava.

Biography

After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop

Julius Gábriš Július Gábriš (5 December 1913 in Tesárske Mlyňany – 13 November 1987 in Trnava) was a Slovak Bishop, Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Trnava during communist-controlled Czechoslovakia. Biography Born 1913 in Tesárske Mlyňany ...

on 6 June 1976 in

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. He worked Komarno,

Bušince Bušince (; ) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. History The village was first mentioned in 1248 (''Bussa''). It belonged to Divín, and after until the 17th century ...

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(1982),

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(1983), Vyškovce Ipľom(1984),

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(1990), Bratislava-Prievoz (1991), Bratislava-Čunovo (1992).

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on 2 April 2004 appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava and the

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of Semina. received his episcopal ordination on 2 May 2004, together with today's Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský in the Cathedral of SS. John the Baptist in Trnava. On 2 July 2012

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appointed him ''apostolic administrator'' after Archbishop

Róbert Bezák Mons. Róbert Bezák, C.SS.R. (born 1 March 1960) is a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He was consecrated as Archbishop of Trnava on June 6, 2009, by Cardinal Jozef Tomko. He was removed from his see on July 2, 2012. Hundreds of Catholics p ...

was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Trnava. On 11 July 2013

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named him Apostolic Administrator for Archbishop of Trnava. Orosch is the Grand Prior of the Slovakia Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. In November 2022, Orosch questioned the innocence of the two victims of a

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outside a gay bar in Bratislava. His comments were condemned by Slovakian President

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and Prime Minister

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among others and he was awarded the Homophobe of the Year prize by the NGO Human Rights Institute. He later apologized for the comments.

References

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