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]

Orosch is the Grand Prior of the Slovakia Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.^[11]

In November 2022, Orosch questioned the innocence of the two victims of a terrorist attack outside a gay bar in Bratislava.^[12] His comments were condemned by Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová and Prime Minister Eduard Heger among others^[12] and he was awarded the Homophobe of the Year prize by the NGO Human Rights Institute.^[13] He later apologized for the comments.^[12]