Memorial Mass | Rev. Marian Babjak

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Columba on Monday, October 24, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. for Reverend Marian Babjak, who died October 3, 2022. He was 51 years old. He is survived by his parents and siblings in Slovakia.

Father Babjak attended college and seminary in Slovakia. He was ordained on June 3, 1995, by the Most Reverend Rudolf Balaž. Following ordination, Father Babjak served as a teacher and as parochial vicar and pastor at numerous educational facilities and parishes in Slovakia.

Father Babjak’s first visit to the Diocese of Youngstown was in 2005 where he resided and assisted with sacramental duties at St. Rose Parish in Girard for a four month period. Returning to the Diocese of Youngstown in 2016, he served as parochial vicar of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Boardman, St. Paul Parish in Canton, and as pastor of Christ Our Savior Parish in Struthers.

Father Babjak will be buried in his native Slovakia.