Bishop Marián Andrej Pacák, C.Ss.R. (born 24 April 1973) is a Canadian Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as aposotolic visitator in North America of the Slovakia byzantine catholic church, he also served as the third Eparchial Bishop of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto from 5 July 2018 until his resignation on 20 October 2020.
Pacák made his solemn profession as a Redemptorist on 16 August 1997. After completing his studies in philosophy and theology at the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in Tuchów, Poland, and at the Pontifical Theological Academy in Kraków, Poland,[2] he was ordained a priest on 16 August 1997.[3]
After ordination Pacák served as a parish priest in Stará Ľubovňa (1998–2001, 2008–2015) and in Michalovce (2004–2008). During 2001–2004 he interrupted his pastoral work to study at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome where he earned a licentiate in moral theology. From 2015 to 2018 he served at the parish in Vranov nad Topľou.[1]
Pope Francis accepted Pacák's resignation on 20 October 2020.[5] Bishop emeritus returned to Slovakia and is residing in the Redemptorist community in Stará Ľubovňa.[6]
