Stanislav Stolárik

Stanislav Stolárik is a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rožňava.

Biography

Stanislav Stolárik was born on 27 February 1955 in Rožňava as a seventh of eight children. He grew up in Košice and studied theology at the Comenius University. Stolárik was ordained priest in 1978. He was active as a chaplain in Trebišov, Humenné and Prešov. In 1984 he became the parish priest in Obišovce and subsequently in Humenné, Čaňa and Prešov.
On 26 February 2004, Stolárik was named Auxiliary Bishop of Košice and a Titular Bishop of Barica by the Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Košice Alojz Tkáč at the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth. On 16 May 2015 he succeeded Vladimír Filo as the bishop of Rožňava.