Fr Jakub Garčár has been appointed as the new Provincial of the Slovakia Province of the Society of Jesus, one of the 15 provinces and 1 region that conforms the JCEP. Father General Arturo Sosa signed the decree of his appointment on 19 March 2026.

Born in 1987, Fr Garčár entered the Society in 2005 in Ružomberok. After his First Vows, he studied philosophy in Cracow and Bratislava. He then spent two years of Regency at Belvedere College in Dublin. Following that, he went on to study theology in Rome and was ordained a deacon in 2014. He then continued his studies in Madrid, completing a Master Ignatiana and earning a licentiate in spiritual theology. He was ordained a priest in 2015.

From 2016, Fr Garčár has served at the Jesuit Retreat House in Piešťany (Slovakia). In 2021, he was appointed Socius ad interim and, in 2022, ordinary Socius to the Slovak Provincial.He also serves as the national ecclesiastical assistant for the Christian Life Community (CLC). In 2024, he completed his Tertianship in Bergas, Indonesia and pronounced his Final Vows in 2025. He has also been the superior of the community in Bratislava since 2024.

Fr Garčár takes up his new role as Provincial on 27 September 2026.