Ján Orosch

After graduating, he was ordained to the priesthood by bishop Julius Gábriš[4] 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).[5]

Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2004 appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava and the titular bishop of Semina.[6] 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.[7]

On 2 July 2012 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him apostolic administrator after Archbishop Róbert Bezák was dismissed from the Archdiocese of Trnava.[8] On 11 July 2013 Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator for Archbishop of Trnava.[9][10]

In November 2022, Orosch questioned the innocence of the two victims of a terrorist attack outside a gay bar in Bratislava.[11] His comments were condemned by Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová and Prime Minister Eduard Heger among others[11] and he was awarded the Homophobe of the Year prize by the NGO Human Rights Institute.[12] He later apologized for the comments.[11]