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Croatian cardinal and Archbishop of Zagreb

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Serbia

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Quotes

  • For we Europeans, regaining Christian memory and heritage - learning from past generations - means going back to the roots of our historical identity, drinking from the fountain of the Word of God. For we Europeans professing our faith, nourished by listening to the Word and by ecclesial experience, must take the form of bearing witness.
  • In the recent history of the Church in Europe, but also in other places throughout the world, there are witnesses and experiences of this martyrdom which arose even as icons of holiness: and the liturgical memory which the Church celebrates with veneration is the eternal sign that martyrdom is always the most explicit and convincing form of transmission of the faith.

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Key facts

Church
Catholic Church
Archdiocese
Zagreb
See
Zagreb
Appointed
5 July 1997
Term ended
15 April 2023
Predecessor
Franjo Kuharić
Successor
Dražen Kutleša
Other posts
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati degli Schiavoni (2003-) Vice-President of the Croatian Bishops' Conference (2013-)
Previous posts
Coadjutor Bishop of Krk (1989) Bishop of Krk (1989–97) Apostolic Administrator of Rijeka-Senj (1996) President of the Croatian Bishops' Conference (1997-2007) Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (2001-11)
Ordination
29 June 1975, by Karmelo Zazinović
Consecration
25 June 1989, by Franjo Kuharić
Created cardinal
21 October 2003, by Pope John Paul II
Rank
Cardinal-Priest
Born
Josip Bozanić , ( 1949-03-20 ) 20 March 1949 (age 77) , Rijeka , PR Croatia , Yugoslavia
Denomination
Catholic (Roman Rite)
Alma mater
Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Lateran University
Motto
Da život imaju , That they may have life, (John 10:10)

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Encyclopedic overview

Josip Bozanić ( pronounced [jǒsip bǒzanit͡ɕ]; born 20 March 1949) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1997 to 2023. He was previously Bishop of Krk from 1989 to 1997. He was made a cardinal in 2003. Bozanić is the Grand Prior of the Croatian Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Biography

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