Archbishop Ján Babjak, S.J.

Archbishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Oct 1953		Born
11 Jun 1978	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
18 Jun 1987	33.6	Incardinated	Priest of Society of Jesus
11 Dec 2002	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
6 Jan 2003	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
18 Jan 2003	49.2	Installed	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
30 Jan 2008	54.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
17 Feb 2008	54.3	Installed	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia
25 Apr 2022	68.4	Resigned	Archbishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

MicroData Summary
Ján Babjak
Archbishop Ján Babjak S.J.
(born 28 Oct 1953)
Archbishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev)

Ad Limina - June 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hažine nad Cirichou
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joakim Segedi †
Titular Bishop of Gypsaria
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leonardo Sandri
Titular Archbishop of Aemona
Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Milan Lach, S.J. (2013)
Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. (2018)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ladislav Hučko † (2003)
Bishop Peter Rusnák (2008)
Archbishop Péter Fülöp Kocsis (2008)
Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (2009)
Bishop Atanáz Orosz (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 85377181
WikiData: Q1373595

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,307
c1: CB, 5 Jun 2015
r: Bollettino, 25 Apr 2022

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