Dávid Bartimej Tencer
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dávid Bartimej Tencer | |
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| Bishop of Reykjavík | |
 Tencer in 2019 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Reykjavík |
| See | Reykjavík |
| Appointed | 18 September 2015 |
| Installed | 31 October 2015 |
| Predecessor | Pierre Bürcher |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 June 1986 |
| Consecration | 31 October 2015 by Pierre Bürcher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dávid Bartimej Tencer 18 May 1963 |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Motto | Gaudium et spes (Joy and Hope) |
| Styles of Dávid Bartimej Tencer | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Dávid Bartimej Tencer OFM Cap. (Slovak: [ˈdaːʋid ˈbarcimej ˈtentser]; Icelandic: [ˈdau̯vɪð ˈparˌtʰɪmɛj ˈtʰɛnsɛr]; born 18 May 1963) is a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church and has served as the Bishop of Reykjavík since 2015.
Early life and priesthood
Tencer was born on 18 May 1963 in Nová Baňa, Czechoslovakia (modern-day Slovakia). On 15 June 1986, Dávid Tencer received the sacrament of priestly ordination for the Diocese of Banská Bystrica. In 1990, Tencer entered into the Order of the Capuchins, and on 28 August 1994 he made his perpetual profession. He then served as a parish administrator in Holíč. In 1996, he was transferred to Raticov vrch at Hriňova. Between 2001 and 2004 he taught homiletics and spiritual theology in the seminary in Badin. As the superior of the fraternity in Žilina from 2003 until 2004 he was teaching spiritual theology in the Institute of Saint Thomas of Aquin in Žilina.[1]
He came to Iceland in 2004 and was appointed parish priest at the Stella Maris Parish in Reykjavik. In 2007, he was made parish priest of the St. Thorlak Church in Reyðarfjörður, He also served on the Presbyteral Council and on the Diocese's Collegium Consultorum.[1]
Episcopate
On 18 September 2015, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Reykjavík.[2] On 31 October 2015 his predecessor, Pierre Bürcher, ordained him bishop in Reykjavík. His co-consecrators were the apostolic nuncio in Iceland, archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki, and the bishop of Žilina, Tomáš Galis.
On 17 June 2017 a new Catholic Church was consecrated in Reyðarfjördur in a ceremony led by Tencer. The church building was a gift from the Slovak Catholic Church. The church was built from wood in Slovakia, disassembled and shipped to Reyðarfjördur where it was re-assembled. Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, attended the consecration.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Diocese Administration". catholica.is. Diocese of Reykjavík. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 18.09.2015 [B0689]". press.vatican.va. Vatican Press Office. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "This beautiful church was a gift from Slovakia to Icelandic Catholics". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
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