Josip Bozanić

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Josip Cardinal Bozanić
Coat of arms of Cardinal Josip Bozanić

Josip Cardinal Bozanić (born March 20, 1949 in Rijeka ) has been Archbishop of Zagreb since 1997 .

Life

Josip Bozanić received a humanistic education at the seminary of Pazin and then studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the theological faculties of Rijeka and Zagreb before receiving the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Krk on June 29, 1975 . After four years as a pastor in Rome , from 1979 to 1985 he completed further studies in dogmatics at the Pontifical Gregorian University and in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University . From 1986 to 1989 he held leadership positions in the administration of the diocese of Krk, from 1988 to 1997 he lectured canon law and dogmatics at the seminary of Rijeka.

On May 10, 1989 Josip Bozanić was appointed coadjutor bishop of Krk. He was ordained bishop on June 25, 1989 by the Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Franjo Kuharić ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj , Josip Pavlišic , and the Bishop of Krk, Karmelo Zazinovic . With Karmelo Zazinovic's resignation on November 14, 1989, he succeeded him as Bishop of Krk. From June to November 1996 he was also Apostolic Administrator sede plena of the Archdiocese of Rijeka .

On July 5, 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Zagreb. Bozanić has been a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Girolamo dei Croati (degli Schiavoni) (Saint Jerome of the Croats) of the College of Cardinals since October 21, 2003 .

Bozanić was chairman of the Croatian Bishops' Conference for two terms . In October 2007 he was replaced by Marin Srakić .

In 2016, Cardinal Grand Master Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien appointed him Grand Officer of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and Grand Prior of the Croatian Lieutenancy.

Memberships

Josip Bozanić is a member of the following organizations of the Roman Curia :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina Di Membri Dei Dicasteri Della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 24, 2003, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
  2. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 25, 2002, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
  3. ^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 11, 2010, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
  4. Conferma Ddl Prefetto e del Segretario della Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica e Nomine e Conferme di Membri nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 30, 2013, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
  5. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione della Nuova Evangelizzazione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 5, 2011, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
  6. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio delle Comunicazioni Sociali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 29, 2011, accessed December 29, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Karmelo Zazinović Bishop of Krk
1989–1997
Valter Župan
Franjo Cardinal Kuharić Archbishop of Zagreb
since 1997
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... Chairman of the Croatian Bishops' Conference
1999–2007
Marin Srakić
... Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Grand Prior of the Croatian Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
since 2016
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