Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Cuiabá, Brazil
Resignation and appointment of archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Košice, Slovakia, presented by Bishop Bernard Bober.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Marek Forgáč as metropolitan archbishop of Košice, Slovakia, transferring him from the titular see of Seleuciana and the office of auxiliary bishop of Košice.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop Marek Forgáč was born on 21 January 1974 in Košice. He studied philosophy and theology at the seminary of Spišké Podhradie, diocese of Spiš. After his military service, he was ordained a priest on 19 June 1999 and incardinated into the archdiocese of Košice.
After ordination, he held the roles of parish vicar in Trebišov, Snina and Humenné (1999-2002) and head of youth pastoral care at the university Pastoral Centre of Košice (2002-2004). He was awarded a licentiate in psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome and a doctorate in social psychology at the University of Trnava, Slovakia, and went on to serve as lecturer, deputy dean and director of studies of the Theological Faculty of Košice and director of the university Pastoral Centre (2007-2016).
He was elected to the titular see of Seleuciana and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Košice on 11 June 2016, receiving episcopal ordination the following 1 September.
Within the Slovak Episcopal Conference he holds the following offices: chair of the Commission for the Protection of Minors; chair of the Commission for Pariochial Catechesis; and chair of the Sub-Commission for Music.
Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Cuiabá, Brazil
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Wellington de Queiroz Vieira as metropolitan archbishop of Cuiabá, Brazil, transferring him from the diocese of Cristalândia.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Wellington de Queiroz Vieira was born on 11 July 1968 in Tocantinópolis, in the diocese of the same name. He began the course in philosophy at the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Archdiocesan Seminary in Brasilia, and completed it at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he was awarded a licentiate in philosophy. He subsequently carried out his studies in theology at the São José Archdiocesan Seminary in Rio de Janeiro, and obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1996 for the diocese of Tocantinópolis.
He has held the following offices: director of the São Miguel Arcanjo School in Xambioá (1999), parish priest of São Vicente de Paula in Araguaína (2000), diocesan bursar and chancellor (2001-2009), parish priest of São Sebastião in Araguaína (2004-2009), parish priest of São Paulo Apóstolo in Araguaína (2004-2009), and judge auditor of the Ecclesiastical Chamber of the diocese (2013-2016).
On 16 November 2016 he was appointed bishop prelate of Cristalândia and received episcopal ordination on 4 February 2017. On 10 July 2019, with the elevation of the territorial prelature of Cristalândia to a diocese, Archbishop-elect Wellington de Queiroz Vieira, until then bishop prelate, became its first diocesan bishop. Within the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, he is currently chair of the Commission for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Adults.
