Ján Babjak, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Prešov is Prešov residential archieparch and the highest representative of the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Church in Slovakia.
Education
After studying at the Bratislava seminary was ordained a priest on 11 June 1978 in Presov. His pastoral service performed as a chaplain in Prešov from 1978 to 1983. In August 1983 he began work as a parish administrator in the Ľubica Kežmarok.
On 18 June 1987, he secretly joined the From 1989 to 1990 he was the Prefect of the Seminary of Saint Cyril and Methodius University in Bratislava.
In 1990 he became pastor of the Greek Catholic parish in Bratislava, where he served one year.
From 1991 to 1993 he studied at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, where he received a licentiate of spirituality.
Career
As eparch Presov eparchy took place on 79 year Mons. In December 11, 2002, Pope John Paul II named him the first Bishop of Presov, being consecrated the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome in January 6, 2003 together with John Paul II, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, substitute of the Secretariat of State from Vatican and Archbishop Mario Antonio Veglio, secretary of the Congregation for Eastern Churches in Rome. January 30, 2008 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Metropolitan of Presov and also promoted to the rank arcieparchu.
Views
In 1994 he returned to Rome, where he worked in the Slovak Radio and the Vatican department in addition, he studied spirituality from which in 1996 at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, defended his doctoral thesis on "P. Michal Lacko - teacher formatter and Greek Catholics.".
