Rudolf Baláž (20 November 1940 in Nevoľné – 27 July 2011 in Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1990 until his death in 2011. Baláž was ordained as a Catholic priest on 23 June 1963. He died on 27 July 2011 at the age of 70. References 1940 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia People from Žiar nad Hronom District 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovakia