Marián Andrej Pacák

Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. (born 24 April 1973 in Levoča, Czechoslovakia, present day Slovakia) is a Canadian Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as the third Eparchial Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto since 5 July 2018.

Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.
Eparchial Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
Church	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	5 July 2018
Predecessor	John Stephen Pazak
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	12 July 1998 (Priest) by Milan Chautur
Consecration	2 September 2018 (Bishop) by Ján Babjak
Personal details
Birth name	Marián Andrej Pacák
Born	(1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 Levoča, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia)
Alma mater	Alphonsian Academy
Coat of arms

Life

Bishop Pacák was born in the Greek-Catholic family in the Prešov Region of the Eastern Slovakia. After his graduation at gymnasium, he joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on August 16, 1991.[1]

In the Congregation Pacák made a solemn profession on August 16, 1997. He was ordained as priest on July 12, 1998,[2] after completed philosophical and theological studies in the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in Tuchów, Poland and Pontifical Theological Academy in Kraków, Poland.[3]

After ordination he served as a parish priest in Stará Ľubovňa (1998–2001, 2008–2015) and Michalovce (2004–2008). During 2001–2004 he interrupted his pastoral work, because of studies at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome with a Licentiate of the moral theology degree. Since 2015 until 2018 he served at the parish in Vranov nad Topľou.[1]

On July 5, 2018 Fr. Pacák was appointed as an Eparchial Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto by Pope Francis. His bishop consecration is expected to take place in the Basilica of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Michalovce, Slovakia, on September 2, 2018.[2]

References

1. "Menovanie M. A. Pacáka za biskupa Torontskej slovenskej eparchie sv. Cyrila a Metoda". Vatican News Website (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
2. "Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
3. "Slovensko má nového biskupa, pôsobiť bude v Kanade". svetkrestanstva.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 July 2018.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Stephen Pazak	Eparch of Sts. Cyril and Methodius of Toronto for the Slovaks 2018–present	Succeeded by Incumbent