Ján Orosch
# Ján Orosch

Ján Orosch (born 28 May 1953, Bratislava) is a Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Archbishop of Trnava.

## Biography

After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Julius Gábriš on 6 June 1976 in Bratislava. He worked Komarno, Bušince, Okoč (1982), Hodruša-Hámre (1983), Vyškovce Ipľom(1984), Nové Zámky(1990), Bratislava-Prievoz (1991), Bratislava-Čunovo (1992).

Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2004 appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava and the titular bishop of Semina. received his episcopal ordination on 2 May 2004, together with today's Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský in the Cathedral of SS. John the Baptist in Trnava.

On 2 July 2012 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic administrator after Archbishop Róbert Bezák was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Trnava. On 11 July 2013 Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator for Archbishop of Trnava.

In November 2022, Orosch questioned the innocence of the two victims of a terrorist attack outside a gay bar in Bratislava. His comments were condemned by Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová and Prime Minister Eduard Heger among others and he was awarded the Homophobe of the Year prize by the NGO Human Rights Institute. He later apologized for the comments.

