Ladislav Hučko

Ladislav Hučko (16 February 1948 – 14 January 2025) was a Slovak hierarch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, Apostolic Exarch of the Czech Republic (2003–2025).

The Right Reverend Ladislav Hučko
Titular Bishop of Horaea
Hučko in 2018
Church	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese	Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic
See	Titular See of Horaea
In office	2003–2025
Predecessor	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	30 March 1996 by Slavomir Miklovš
Consecration	31 May 2003 by Đura Džudžar
Personal details
Born	(1948-02-16)16 February 1948 Prešov, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Died	14 January 2025(2025-01-14) (aged 76) Prague, Czech Republic
Coat of arms

Biography

Hučko was born in Prešov, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia) and was ordained a priest on 30 March 1996. Hučko was appointed titular bishop of Horaea as well as Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic on 24 April 2003 and ordained a bishop on 31 May 2003.

He completed his studies by obtaining a doctorate from the Pontifical Lateran University in 2000. In 2004 he became Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology. Subsequently, he began teaching dogmatic theology at the Theological Institute in Košice. He also became a founding member and editor-in-chief of the journal Verba Theologica. He also worked as a Spiritualist at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Košice.

Hučko died in Prague on 14 January 2025, at the age of 76.^[1]