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POREC, Jan 9 (Hina) - The new Porec-Pula Bishop Msgr, Ivan Milovan
was ordained and inaugurated in a Eucharistic celebration on
Saturday which began with a procession through the streets of Porec
(north Adriatic).
Present at the procession were the Archbishop of Zagreb Josip
Bozanic, Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia, Giulio Eunaudi, Cardinal
Franjo Kuharic, 25 bishops and about one hundred priests from the
country and abroad.
Archbishop of Zagreb and president of the Croatian Bishops'
Conference, Josip Bozanic, said "Our homeland Croatia needs people
at this historic moment who will connect different groups and
levels of citizens, bringing peace and understanding in
environments in which we live, who will know how to give advantage
to general goodness and who will be ready to cooperate in that
field".
A member of the Croatian State Commission for Relations with
Religious Communities, and Croatian President's Advisor, Branko
Jeren, congratulated the new bishop on behalf of the Croatian
authority, and relayed the gratitude and congratulations of
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman.
"We are on the threshold of the third millennium and in times of
great challenges for individuals and mankind," Msgr. Milovan said,
adding that the Church gave an irreplaceable contribution in the
creation of the world.
Present at the inauguration were Education and Sports Minister
Ljilja Vokic, Culture Minister Bozo Biskupic, Franjo Dubrovic of
the Reconstruction and Development Ministry, President of the
Croatian Cultural Society Josip Bratulic, Istrian County Prefect
Stevo Zufic and numerous distinguished people from the county and
abroad.
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