Rudolf Baláž

{{Short description|Slovak bishop}}

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Rudolf Baláž (20 November 1940 in Nevoľné – 27 July 2011 in Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1990 until his death in 2011.{{cite news|title=Bishop Rudolf Baláž † |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbalaz.html |work=Catholic Hierarchy |access-date=2011-07-28}} Baláž was ordained as a Catholic priest on 23 June 1963. He died on 27 July 2011 at the age of 70.