Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Belgrade, Serbia

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Belgrade, Serbia, presented by Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B.

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., as archbishop of Belgrade, Serbia, transferring him from the diocese of Zrenjanin.

Curriculum vitae

Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., was born on 7 September 1956 in Odžaci, in the diocese of Subotica, Serbia. In 1977 he entered the Society of the Divine Word and was ordained a priest on 1 May 1983.

He was awarded a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

He has held the following roles: missionary in the Philippines; lecturer in Poland, Austria and Croatia; collaborator with the Holy See Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna; provincial of the Hungarian Province of the Society of the Divine Word; and secretary general of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference.

He was appointed bishop of Zrenjanin on 23 April 2008.

In 2021, he was re-elected for a second term as chair of the International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius; in addition, he is vice-president of the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE).