Bishop Marek Forgáč

H.E. Msgr. Marek Forgáč, Auxiliary Bishop of Košice, was born on January 21, 1974, in Košice. After completing his secondary education, he entered the Seminary in Spišská Kapitula (Spišské Podhradie) in 1992, where he studied fundamental theology at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Comenius University. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Košice on June 19, 1999, in Košice. He served as a parochial vicar in the parishes of Trebišov (1999–2000), Snina (2000–2001), and Humenné (2001–2002), and as a chaplain at the University Pastoral Center in Košice (2002–2004). From 2004 to 2007, he studied at the Institute of Psychology of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Since 2007, he has served as the spiritual director of the University Pastoral Center in Košice while also lecturing on pastoral psychology and the psychology of marriage and family at the Faculty of Theology in Košice (part of the Catholic University in Ružomberok). He has served as Vice-Dean for Science and Research at this faculty since 2011. Between 2008 and 2012, he completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Trnava University in Trnava. In 2015, he qualified as an Associate Professor (*docent*) at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University in Košice. He provides professional expertise regarding the admission of candidates to seminaries and collaborates on the resolution of matrimonial cases at the Metropolitan Tribunal. He is a member of the Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Košice. He is proficient in English, Italian, and German. On June 11, 2016, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Košice; on September 1, 2016, he was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Košice.