Gregor Tarkovič

Gregor Tarkovič (Григорій Таркович; 19 November 1754 – 16 January 1841) was a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the first bishop of the new created Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 1818 to 1841. Born in Pasika, Kingdom of Hungary (present day – Ukraine) in the Ruthenian family in 1754, he was ordained a priest on 1 January 1779 for the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve. He was confirmed as the first Bishop of the new created Eparchy by the Holy See on 2 October 1818. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 17 June 1821. The principal consecrator was Bishop Oleksiy Povchiy.

He died in Prešov on 16 January 1841.