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ThDr. PaedDr. Mgr. art. Peter Dufka, PhD, SJ (born 8 November 1963 Handlová, Czechoslovakia now Slovakia) is Slovak Roman Catholic priest, Professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Radio Vatican co-worker. == Biography == === Study === He comes from a family of four children, three of whom became priests. He studied at the ''Secondary Industrial School'' in Handlová in the years 1977-1981. After finishing school in 1981 he continued studying at another secondary school – Conservatory in Žilina, playing double bass. Since 1985, during his studies at Conservatory, he had begun the secret preparation for priesthood in the Society of Jesus. He finished his basic theological studies in 1996 at the Theological Institute (at present Faculty of Theology at Trnava University in Bratislava). However, during his theological studies, he continued with the music study at ''The Academy of Performing Arts'' in Bratislava, where he graduated in 1992. He was ordained priest on 29 June 1996 in Bratislava by Bishop Peter Dubovský. His older brother, Juraj Dufka, was ordained together with him. In 1999, his younger brother Vlastimil Dufka received Holy Orders. All three Dufka brothers have academic education in arts. After his ordination, Dufka worked in the pastoral care in Ružomberok at Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church as a helping priest and the teacher of religion at Secondary Medical School. Since 31 July 1997, he has worked in the Slovak section of Vatican Radio. He returned to Slovakia in 1999, where he spent his pastoral-formative year in the Retreat House in Prešov. He returned to Rome again in 2000 where he began studying theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Here, in 2002, he obtained the Licentiate of Fundamental Theology. He stayed in Rome until 2006 and continued his Doctorate in Theology and graduated in 2008. At the same time, he obtained the Doctorate in Education at the Catholic University in Ružomberok. Since September 2006, he had ministered at the Sacred Heart Church in Košice and was the director of ''The “Michal Lacko” Centre of Spirituality East-West''. At the same time, he was an external professor at The Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. He went to Rome in November 2009 where he became the head of Vatican Radio Slovak section. He has worked there until October 2011, since when he works at The Pontifical Oriental Institute. He still cooperates with Vatican Radio and, at present, he is also the helping spiritual at ''The Pontifical Nepomucenum College'' in Rome. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Dufka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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