Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra
Peter Beňo is Auxiliary Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia. He was born on 2. 9. 1972 in Bánovce nad Bebravou to his parents Ján and Anna. He grew up with his younger sister in the village of Prusy, part of the Bánovce parish, in a family where faith was a natural part of daily life. He owes his human and Christian upbringing to his parents. He attended primary school first in his native village and then in Bánovce nad Bebravou. After graduating from the Bánovce gymnasium in 1990, he entered the newly opened Saint Gorazd priestly seminary in Nitra. He received priestly ordination from Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec on 14. 9. 1996 in Terchová. He then served in several places: as chaplain in Púchov (1996 - 1997), administrator of the parish of Nesluša (1997 - 2002), prefect of Saint Gorazd Seminary in Nitra and, at the same time, entrusted with vocations pastoral care (2002-2008), assistant at the Theological Institute in Nitra (2002 - 2004), specialist assistant at the Theological Institute in Nitra (2004 - 2008), parish priest in Soblahov (2008 - 2014), parish priest in Skalka nad Váhom from 2014, rector of the diocesan shrine of Saints Andrew-Svorad and Beňadik from 2016, and at the same time dean of the Trenčín deanery from 2018. Pope Francis appointed him the new auxiliary bishop of the ancient Diocese of Nitra and titular bishop of Amudarsa on 29 January 2021. His episcopal consecration took place on 24 April 2021 in Skalka nad Váhom.