Bernard Bober
{{short description|Slovak Roman Catholic prelate (born 1950)}}
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Monsignor Bernard Bober (born 3 November 1950) is a Slovak catholic prelate. He is the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Košice, chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops and Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University in Ružomberok.
Biography
Bernard Bober was born on 3 November 1950 in the village of Zbudské Dlhé in Czechoslovakia.{{Cite web |title=Mons. Bernard Bober|publisher=Zbudské Dlhé|url=https://www.zbudskedlhe.sk/mons-bernard-bober |access-date=2023-10-24|language=sk}} He was ordained priest on 8 June 1974 in the St Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava. Following his ordination, he served as a chaplain in the towns of Humenné, Snina and Zborov. From 1978 to 1990 he was the parish priest in the village of Kecerovce. In 1991 he was named the vicar general of the Diocese of Košice.{{Cite web |title=Mons. Bernard Bober, košický arcibiskup-metropolita - Košická arcidiecéza |url=https://www.ke-arcidieceza.sk/sk/mons-bernard-bober-kosicky-arcibiskup-metropolita |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.ke-arcidieceza.sk}}
On 29 December 1992 Bober was named Auxiliary Bishop of Košice and Titular Bishop of Vissalsa by the Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on 30 January 1993 at the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice by the Cardinal Jozef Tomko and co-concentrated by the Bishop of Košice Alojz Tkáč and Archbishop of Trnava Ján Sokol.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=V Košiciach si pripomenuli 30. výročie biskupskej vysviacky Bernarda Bobera |url=https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/23122627/v-kosiciach-si-pripomenuli-30-vyrocie-biskupskej-vysviacky-bernarda-bobera.html |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=kosice.korzar.sme.sk |language=sk}} On 4 June 2010, he succeeded Tkáč as the head of the Archdiocese of Košice.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-10 |title=Slávnostná inaugurácia arcibiskupa Bernarda Bobera |url=http://www.kosice.sk/article.php?id=8123&name= |publisher=Mesto Košice}}
On 10 October 2022, Bober replaced Archbishop of Bratislava Stanislav Zvolenský as the head of the Conference of Slovak Bishops.{{Cite web |title=KBS povedie najbližšie štyri roky košický arcibiskup Bernard Bober |url=https://www.tkkbs.sk/view.php?cisloclanku=20221010038 |publisher=www.tkkbs.sk}}
In addition to Church offices, Bober also serves as the Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University in Ružomberok.{{Cite web |title=Veľký kancelár KU Mons. Bernard Bober sa dnes dožíva životného jubilea |url=https://upac.sk/velky-kancelar-ku-mons-bernard-bober-sa-dnes-doziva-zivotneho-jubilea/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |language=sk-SK}}
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{{s-bef | before=Alojz Tkáč}}
{{s-ttl | title=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Košice|years=2010–present}}
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{{s-bef | before=Alojzy Orszulik}}
{{s-ttl | title=Roman Catholic Titular See of Vissalsa|years=1992–2010}}
{{s-aft | after=Neal Buckon}}
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External links
- [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbober.html Archbishop Bernard Bober at Catholic Hierarchy]
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Category:People from Humenné District
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Slovakia