František Rábek

His Excellency František Rábek
Ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Slovakia
Rábek in 2017
Church	Roman Catholic
Appointed	20 January 2003
Predecessor	Office created
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary bishop of Nitra (1991–2003)
Orders
Ordination	17 June 1972
Consecration	27 July 1991 by Ján Chryzostom Korec
Personal details
Born	(1949-02-17) 17 February 1949 Močenok, Czechoslovakia
Motto	Esto fidelis usque ad mortem (Latin for 'To be faithful until death')
Coat of arms

František Rábek (born 17 February 1949) a Slovak prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of Slovakia.

Biography

František Rábek was born on 17 February 1949 in the village of Močenok, in Šaľa District. Following his studies of theology at the Comenius University he was ordained priest on 17 June 1972. Afterwards, he served as a chaplain in Bošany and in Nitra and later a parish priest in Nitra, Drážovce and Čierne. On 13 July 1991 he was named the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nitra and the titular bishop of Catrum by the Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on 27 July 1991 by the Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec. On 20 January 2003 he became the first ordinary of the newly created Military Ordinariate of Slovakia.