Josip Bozanić
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Rijeka
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Pontifical Lateran University
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2025 conclave
- Field of work
- theology
- Image
- CardinalJosipBozanić.jpg
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- Josip Bozanić
- date of birth
- 1949-01-01
- consecrator
- Karmelo Zazinović
- ethnic group
- Croats
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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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