Marián Andrej Pacák

Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. (born 24 April 1973) is a Canadian Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch, who served as the third Eparchial Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto from 5 July 2018 until his resignation on 20 October 2020.

Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R.
Eparchial Bishop Emeritus of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
Church	Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	5 July 2018
Term ended	20 October 2020
Predecessor	John Stephen Pazak
Successor	Kurt Burnette (Apostolic Administrator)
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	24 April 1973 Levoča, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia)
Alma mater	Alphonsian Academy
Coat of arms

Life

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

Pacák made his solemn profession as a Redemptorist on 16 August 1997. After completing his studies in philosophy and theology at the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in Tuchów, Poland, and at the Pontifical Theological Academy in Kraków, Poland,[2] he was ordained a priest on 16 August 1997.[3]

After ordination Pacák served as a parish priest in Stará Ľubovňa (1998–2001, 2008–2015) and in Michalovce (2004–2008). During 2001–2004 he interrupted his pastoral work to study at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome where he earned a licentiate in moral theology. From 2015 to 2018 he served at the parish in Vranov nad Topľou.[1]

On 5 July 2018, Pacák was appointed the Eparchial Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto by Pope Francis. His episcopal consecration took place in the Basilica of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Michalovce, Slovakia, on 2 September 2018, and he was installed in Toronto on 15 September.[4]

Pope Francis accepted Pacák's resignation on 20 October 2020.[5] Bishop emeritus returned to Slovakia and is residing in the Redemptorsit community in Stará Ľubovňa[6]

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. "Slovensko má nového biskupa, pôsobiť bude v Kanade". svetkrestanstva.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
3. "Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.SS.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
4. "Enthronement of Bishop Marian Andrej Pacak". Kanadsky Slovák. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
5. "Rinunce e nomine, 20.10.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
6. Vyhlásenie vladyku Mariána Pacáka, emeritného torontského biskupa (in Slovak), Episcopal Conference of Slovakia Official Website, 30 November 2020, retrieved 3 December 2020