Róbert Bezák

Róbert Bezák C.Ss.R. ( born March 1, 1960 in Prievidza ) is a former Archbishop of Trnava.

Life

Róbert Bezák joined the Congregation of the Redemptorists in 1979, put the profession in 1983 and received on 14 June 1984, the ordination. Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him on 18 February 2009 as Archbishop of Trnava.

The president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, Jozef Cardinal Tomko, donated to him on June 6th of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Were co-consecrators Mario Giordana, Apostolic Nuncio in Slovakia, and Stanislav Zvolenský, Archbishop of Bratislava. As a motto he chose imple Nos Misericordia.

On 1 July 2012, the Archbishop of Pope Benedict XVI was. relieved of his duties. The backgrounds of the dismissal remained largely unclear, however, relation to the financial management Bezáks and his allegations against his predecessor Ján Sokol and the consequent apostolic visitation is generally believed. Larger parts of the population sympathize strongly with Bezák. Thus, a petition with 12,000 signatures against the recall was issued.

Under Pope Francis, there are mid-2013 signals for a possible rehabilitation Bezáks. In addition, several petitions have been started in the neighboring country of Austria.