What is Jožef Smej?
[[File:Smej.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jožef Smej''' (15 February 1922 – 21 November 2020) was a Slovene [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4t24.html Tzernicus] at Catholic-Hierarchy.</ref><ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t2011.htm Titular Episcopal See of Tzernicus] at GCatholic.org.</ref> He was born in [[Bogojina]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]. Smej was appointed auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor|Archdiocese of Maribor]], as well as titular bishop of [[Tzernicus]], on 15 April 1983 and ordained bishop on 23 May 1983. He retired in June 2009. Smej died on 21 November 2020 in [[Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah]], [[Slovenia]] at the age of 98.<ref>[https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/umrl-je-upokojeni-skof-jozef-smej/543111 Umrl je upokojeni škof Jožef Smej]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smej, Jozef}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:Slovenian people]] {{bio-stub}}