Jožef Smej

Jožef Smej
Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Tzernicus
In office	1983–2020
Predecessor	Michael Rusnak
Successor	Vacant
Previous post(s)	Prelate
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1944
Personal details
Born	(1922-02-15)15 February 1922 Bogojina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present day Slovenia)
Died	21 November 2020(2020-11-21) (aged 98) Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah, Slovenia

Jožef Smej (15 February 1922 – 21 November 2020)^[1] was a Slovene prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.^[2][3]

Smej was born in Bogojina, Slovenia and was ordained a priest on 8 December 1944. Smej was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Maribor, as well as titular bishop of Tzernicus, on 15 April 1983 and ordained bishop on 23 May 1983.

Smej held the position of auxiliary bishop of the Maribor diocese until his retirement on 18 June 2009.

He died in November 2020, at the age of 98,^[4] from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

See also

• Archdiocese of Maribor

References

1. "Umrl upokojeni mariborski pomožni škof in častni občan Jožef Smej". 22 November 2020.
2. Tzernicus at Catholic-Hierarchy.
3. Titular Episcopal See of Tzernicus at GCatholic.org.
4. Umrl je upokojeni škof Jožef Smej

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Maribor Archdiocese