Janko Šimrak
Janko Šimrak (29 May 1883 – 9 August 1946) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was Apostolic Administrator from 1941 to 1942 and bishop from 1942 to 1946 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
Born in Šimraki, near Samobor, Austria-Hungary (present day – Croatia) in 1883, he was ordained a priest on 23 August 1908 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Šimrak was the spiritual director and then prefect of the Greek-Catholic seminary in Zagreb from 1908 to 1935. [1]
In 1941 he became Apostolic Administrator and was appointed by the Holy See an Eparchial Bishop on 9 May 1942. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 16 August 1942. The principal consecrator was Bishop Ivan Bucko, and the principal co-consecrator was Blessed Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac.[2]
He died in Križevci on 9 August 1946.
References
- ↑ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. p. 343.
- ↑ Bishop Janko Šimrak. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-05-28.
Sources
- Paris, Edmond (1961). Genocide in Satellite Croatia, 1941-1945: A Record of Racial and Religious Persecutions and Massacres. Chicago: American Institute for Balkan Affairs.
- Novak, Viktor (2011a). Magnum Crimen: Half a Century of Clericalism in Croatia. 1. Jagodina: Gambit.
- Novak, Viktor (2011b). Magnum Crimen: Half a Century of Clericalism in Croatia. 2. Jagodina: Gambit.
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| Preceded by Dionisije Njaradi |
Eastern Catholic Bishop of Križevci 1942–1946 |
Succeeded by Gabrijel Bukatko as Ap. Administrator |