About Gregor Tarkovič
Lived 1745 – 1841 (aged 95). Gregor Tarkovič was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Gregor Tarkovič (; 19 November 1754 – 16 January 1841) was a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the first bishop of the new created Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1818 to 1841.
Born in Pasika, Kingdom of Hungary (present day – Ukraine) in the Ruthenian family in 1754, he was ordained a priest on 1 January 1779 for the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve. He was confirmed as the first Bishop of the new created Eparchy by the Holy See on 2 October 1818. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 17 June 1821. The principal consecrator was Bishop Oleksiy Povchiy.
He died in Prešov on 16 January 1841.
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Ukrainian bishop (1745-1841)
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Gregor Tarkovič was born on 21 November 1745 in Pasika.
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Gregor Tarkovič died on 16 January 1841 in Prešov.
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Gregor Tarkovič was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
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