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Friends,

Someone sent me a news blurb with the request to verify it. Here is the link [grkatpo.sk] to the Slovak language text.

I will copy some of the text and provide a hurried translation.

"On the 24th day of April, 2003 at 12:00 (noon), Pope John Paul II named, as Apostolic Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Czech Repuplic and Titular bishop of Orej (?!) - the worthy Fr. Ladislav Hučko, the until-now professor and spritual (director) of St. Charles Borromeo Theological Seminary in Ko�ice."

"The worthy Fr. Ladislav Hučko was born 6 February 1948 in Pre�ov in the family of a Greek Catholic priest."

I rendered "p�n" as Fr. as in American English we don't call priests Mr. or Lord.

Tony

Here is a link [vatican.va] to the daily bulletin from the Vatican. I could only find it in Italian.

It has basically the same biographical and other information and includes "The Pope has accepted the resignation of pastoral government of the Apostolic Exarchate for the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite residing in Czech Republic, presented by H. E. Mons. Ivan Ljavinec, in conformity to the canon 210 � 1 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches." (My hurried translation.)

I know it is a given but the other site does not mention it on the same page so just in case there it is.

Tony

Out with the Rusyn, in with the Slovak. I'm starting to think God really dislikes our people.

Was he a former Greek Catholic? What eparchy does the Borremeo seminary belong to? Was he picked from native Byzantine Catholic clergy?

Is it not a Roman Catholic Seminary??

Ung-Certez

CHRISTOS VOSKRES!

Hi gang!

Spoke with Slovak friends and found out that Bishop-elect Ladislav is from a Greek-Catholic family. He was not permited to enter the Greek Catholic seminary under the Communists. He went to seminary in Croatia and was ordained by the Greek Catholic Bishop in Krizevci in 1996. He has since studied in Rome and has worked for the Slovak Conference of Bishops.

Bishop-elect Ladislav is a Bishop without a catherdral as there is not cathedral in the Czech lands (that's what orejskeho means).

Guess he has a lot of work ahead of him...

May God grant to his servant Bishop-elect Ladislav many happy and blessed years, CHRISTOS VOSKRES!

mark

Not quite. St. Clement in Prague is the cathdral. Here [cirkev.cz] is a link. Many American BCs who have been to Europe have been there, ask around.

He has a titular see as well as a "real" see. "a titul�rneho biskupa orejsk�ho" means "and as titular Orejsky bishop." I don't know where that is. Place names often take an adjectival ending in Slovak.

Looking at the Italian helps "assegnandogli la sede titolare vescovile di Orea." "assigning (to) him the titular episcopal see of Orea." If you don't know what a titular episcopal see is go here [newadvent.org] . Orea is apparently here [newadvent.org] .

Neither the Slovak or Italian site says he studied in Croatia. The both say he studied in Czechoslovak university and then in Rome from '92-'00. He was ordained in '96 by Bishop SLAVOMIR Miklov� of Kri�evci, Croatia.

Tony

Hi Tony

I never said the sites said that he studied in Croatia.

I have Slovak friends who are priests and know Bishop-elect Ladislav personally.

They told me that he studied in Croatia.

They are the ones who also told me that he is without a Cathedral in the Czech Lands. This also the reason he was given the "orejskeho" also, which is NOT in the Czech Lands.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

mark

Nor did I say you said that.