Archbishop Marek Forgáč

Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia

Motto: Dominus Prope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jan 1974		Born
19 Jun 1999	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Košice, Slovakia
11 Jun 2016	42.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, Slovakia
11 Jun 2016	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Seleuciana
1 Sep 2016	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Seleuciana
14 Oct 2026	52.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
28 Nov 2026	52.8	Installed	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia

MicroData Summary
Marek Forgáč
Archbishop Marek Forgáč
(born 21 Jan 1974)
Archbishop of Košice

Event Place
Birth Place Košice
Ordained Bishop Sainte Elizabeth, Cathedral, Košice, Archdiocese of Košice

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Košice.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Bober
Archbishop of Košice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Archbishop Mario Giordana
Titular Archbishop of Minora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Bober (1993)
Archbishop of Košice
Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Košice
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Elizabeth, Cathedral, Košice, Archdiocese of Košice

External Link(s):

VIAF: 306414604
WikiData: Q24533156

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Jun 2016
ob: CB, 15 Jun 2016
c2+: CB, 28 Jul 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Number 19,088
ab: Bollettino, 14 Oct 2026

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