ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE CARDINAL ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic, who will become cardinal at the Vatican on October 21, is the sixth Zagreb Archbishopric cardinal and the fourth in a row.
ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic, who will
become cardinal at the Vatican on October 21, is the sixth Zagreb
Archbishopric cardinal and the fourth in a row. #L#
Bozanic will be among the youngest cardinals in the Holy Roman
Church, in which Austria's 98-year-old Franz Koenig is the oldest.
Archbishop Bozanic was born in Rijeka on 20 March 1949 and joined
the order at Krk in June 1975.
"The newly-appointed cardinal is a bishop of the new generation,
young but with an extensive experience as a bishop," the Glas
Koncila Catholic weekly said on October 5 in an editorial after the
pope on Sept. 28 revealed the names of new cardinals.
The first Zagreb archbishop, Juraj Haulik (1788-1869), was
appointed cardinal in 1856. He became Zagreb archbishop and
metropolitan in 1852 and a cardinal four years later.
Josip Mihalovic (1814-1891) became Zagreb archbishop in 1852 and a
cardinal in 1877.
Zagreb Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac (1898-1960) was appointed
cardinal in 1952. In 1946 a communist tribunal sentenced him to 16
years' imprisonment. Pope John Paul II beatified him in Marija
Bistrica, Croatia's largest Marian shrine, in 1998.
Zagreb Archbishop Franjo Seper (1905-1981) became a cardinal in
1965. He participated in the Second Vatican Council, as did his
successor Franjo Kuharic (1919-2002), who was appointed cardinal
in 1983. Kuharic was John Paul's host during his first visit to
Croatia in 1994.
The first cardinal of the Zagreb Bishopric, established in 1094,
was Tomo Bakac, appointed cardinal in 1510.
There were three other Croatian cardinals -- Demetrius, Juraj
Draskovic and Juraj Utjesinovic -- in the 14th, 15th, and 16th
centuries. They were, however, cardinals in Hungarian dioceses.
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