ZAGREB CATHEDRAL ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - A two-day national celebration marking the installation of Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic into the College of Cardinals began on Friday evening with a ceremony in a packed Zagreb
Cathedral.
ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - A two-day national celebration marking the
installation of Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic into the College of
Cardinals began on Friday evening with a ceremony in a packed Zagreb
Cathedral. #L#
Pope John Paul II elevated Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic into the
status of cardinal on 21 October in Rome.
At the start of the ceremony, Zagreb Auxiliary Bishop Vlado Kosic
held a speech of welcome for the new Croatian cardinal. Bozanic is
the sixth cardinal from Zagreb Archdiocese since it was raised from
the level of diocese to that of archdiocese in 1852.
Present at the ceremony were Apostolic Nuncio in Zagreb, Msgr.
Francisco Javier Lozana, the Archbishop of Sarajevo, Cardinal
Vinko Puljic, top Croatian officials, including Sabor President
Zlatko Tomcic, Premier Ivica Racan, President Stjepan Mesic's
envoy Igor Dekanic, and dignitaries from other religious
communities in Croatia.
At the end of the ceremony, Cardinal Bozanic thanked the gathered.
He is due to hold a reception for church dignitaries and state
officials in his offices later in the evening.
Thanksgiving Mass will be held in the Zagreb Cathedral on Saturday
on the occasion of the installation of the new Croatian cardinal.
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