Marek Forgáč (born 21 January 1974 in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

) is Slovak bishop who has been the titular bishop of Seleuciana and the auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Košice since 2016. In years 2011 2016, he served as Pro Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the

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in Košice.

Priesthood

Marek Forgáč has been a priest since his was ordinated by Mons.

Alojz Tkáč Monsignor Alojz Tkáč (2 March 1934 – 23 May 2023) was a Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He was the bishop of Košice from 1990 to 1995, the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice from 1995 to 2010 and archbishop emer ...

, archbishop of Košice, on 19 June 1999. He was serving in the parish of

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(1999 2000), the parish of Snina (2000 2001) and the parish of

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(2001 2002). Then, in years 2002 2004, he was chaplain in the University Pastoral Centre of St Martyrs of Košice in Košice. In the following years, he was studying for a Licentiate at Institute of psychology of

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in Rome. After the studies, he returned to the University Pastoral Centre of St Martyrs of Košice in Košice as its spiritual administrator. He stayed at this post from 2007 to 2016. He absolved his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Arts of the

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in the department of social psychology in years 2008 2012. In years 2011 2016, he served as Pro Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the

in Košice. He habilitated as docent at the Faculty of Theology of the

in Košice in year 2015. He lectures pastoral and general psychology and clinical, general and applicated psychology of matrimony and family.

Bishop

On 11 June 2016,

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appointed him as the Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Košice and the Titular Bishop of Seleuciana. His

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took place in Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in

on 1 September 2016. Forgáč was ordained by

Bernard Bober Monsignor 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. Biograp ...

, Archbishop of Košice, Cardinal

Jozef Tomko Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 t ...

, Prefect Emeritus of the

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, and Mario Giordana, Apostolic Nuncio in Slovakia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forgac, Marek 1974 births Living people Clergy from Košice 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia