Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Marek Forgáč, 52, as metropolitan archbishop of Košice, Slovakia, last Thursday while accepting the resignation of Archbishop Bernard Bober and elevating the longtime auxiliary bishop to lead an archdiocese with nearly 500 priests and approximately 700,000 Catholics.
Born in Košice in 1974, Forgáč was ordained in 1999, earned a licentiate in psychology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a doctorate in social psychology, and served in youth ministry and as a seminary formator before Pope Francis named him auxiliary in 2016.
The appointment has drawn criticism from some Catholics for Forgáč’s documented pastoral approach to same-sex attraction and support for the controversial 2023 declaration Fiducia Supplicans.
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