Ivan Jurkovič (Archbishop)

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Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič
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Ivan Jurkovič (born June 10, 1952 in Kočevje , Yugoslavia ) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

Ivan Jurkovič was ordained a priest on June 29, 1977 by Archbishop Jože Pogacnik and was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Ljubljana . He studied Catholic theology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Ljubljana . In 1988 he received his doctorate in canon law . After studying at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy in Rome , he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on May 1, 1984.

He was secretary at the Nunciature in South Korea (1984–1988) and auditor at the Nunciature in Colombia (1988–1992) as well as advisor at the Mission of the Holy See in the Russian Federation (1992–1996) and advisor to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) . From 1993 to 1996 he taught canon law at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Theological College (now Saint Thomas Institute Moscow). He then worked in the Vatican State Secretariat . In 1997 he was made an Honorary Prelate to His Holiness .

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Krbava in 2001 and appointed him apostolic nuncio in Belarus . He received his episcopal ordination on October 6, 2001 in Ljubljana from the Curia Cardinal Angelo Sodano ; Co- consecrators were Franc Rodé CM, Archbishop of Ljubljana, and Archbishop Edmond Y. Farhat , Nuncio in Slovenia. In 2004 he was appointed nuncio to Ukraine .

On February 19, 2011 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Russia . This was preceded by a visit by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Pope Benedict XVI. on February 17, 2011. Jurkovič succeeds the Italian Archbishop Antonio Mennini .

Ivan Jurkovič is the Grand Cross Conventual Chaplain of the Order of Malta . He is fluent in Slovenian, Italian , English , Russian , Spanish , German , French , Croatian and Ukrainian .

On February 13, 2016, Pope Francis appointed him permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations authorities in Geneva and to the World Trade Organization .

Fonts

  • Marriage Law. Moscow 1993.
  • Canon Law on the People of God. Moscow 1993.
  • Latin-Russian Dictionary of Terms and Expressions of the Code of Canon Law. Moscow 1995, together with A. Koval.
  • Canon Law on the People of God and Marriage. Moscow 2000 (2nd edition).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russia / Vatican: Jurkovic becomes nuncio in Moscow , Vatican Radio , February 19, 2011
  2. ↑ Nomina dell'Osservatore Permanente della Santa Sede presso l'Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite ed Istituzioni Specializzate a Ginevra e Osservatore Permanente presso l'Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 13, 2016, accessed February 13, 2016 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Dominik Hrušovský Apostolic Nuncio in Belarus
2001-2004 		Martin Vidović
Nikola Eterović Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine
2004–2011 		Thomas Edward Gullickson
Antonio Mennini Apostolic Nuncio in Russia
2011–2016 		Celestino Migliore
Antonio Mennini Apostolic Nuncio in Uzbekistan
2011–2016 		Celestino Migliore
Silvano Tomasi Permanent observer of the Holy See at the UN and WHO in Geneva
since 2016 		-
personal data
SURNAME Jurkovič, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian clergyman, archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Kočevje , Yugoslavia