Anton Stres

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His Excellency

Anton Stres

C.M.
Institut Catholique de Paris
MottoOmnia propter evangelium
Coat of armsAnton Stres's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Anton Stres
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byFranc Kramberger
Date24 June 2000
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Anton Stres as principal consecrator
Marjan Turnšek25 June 2006
Peter Štumpf10 September 2006
Stanislav Lipovšek24 April 2010

Anton Stres,

Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 2013. As Archbishop of Ljubljana he was also the grand chancellor of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
.

Biography

Education

Stres was born on 15 December 1942 in

Congregation of the Mission, more commonly known as the Vincentians or Lazarists, on 22 August 1960 in Belgrade, Serbia.[1][2]

Stres' education was then put on hold for two years because of mandatory

SR Macedonia.[1]

After completing his military service in 1963, Stres entered the Faculty of Theology, of the

Catholic University of Paris, where he received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1969.[1] During this time, he made his perpetual profession on 28 March 1967 and was ordained a priest on 20 April 1968.[3] He continued his studies at the institute's Faculty of Philosophy and received a M.A. in philosophy in 1972.[1]

The same year, Stres returned to the Ljubljana faculty as

doctoral thesis Development of the Marxist Understanding of Religion in Postwar Yugoslavia (Slovene: Razvoj marksističnega pojmovanja religije v povojni Jugoslaviji), thereby obtaining his doctorate in theology.[1]

After this Stres returned to Paris for postdoctoral study at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris; on 30 November 1984 he obtained his second PhD.[1]

Academic career

Stres was appointed a university instructor on 3 October 1974. He was later appointed an assistant professor (14 February 1977), an associate professor (7 September 1985), and a full professor (26 May 1990).[1] From 1983 to 1993 he was the head of the Department of Philosophy, from 1985 to 1987 and from 1997 to 1999 the vice dean of faculty, and from October 1999 to September 2000 dean of the faculty.[1] During his academic career he wrote 18 books or full-length publications and over 300 research articles.[1]

Career in Church

Anton Stres in 2012

Between 1988 and 1997, Stres was the provincial visitor to the Yugoslav Province of Congregation of the Mission, and after 1992 to the Slovenian Province of Congregation of the Mission.[1]

From 1985 to 2010 he was also president of the Committee on Justice and Peace of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference.[1]

Stres has also served as:[1][2]

On 13 May 2000,

Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M. and Bishop Metod Pirih as principal co-consecrators.[2][3]

In 2004 Stres became the representative of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference at the

Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, and in 2007 he was elected vice-president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference.[1]

On 7 April 2006,

archdiocese and metropolitan see.[2] He also appointed Stres as the first bishop of Celje;[1] he was installed on 21 May 2006 in the Celje Cathedral.[3] On 31 January 2009, Stres was appointed coadjutor archbishop of Maribor and at the same time he became apostolic administrator of Celje.[1][3]

On 28 November 2009, Stres was appointed Metropolitan

Primate of Slovenia;[2] Stres was installed on 24 January 2010.[1] With this he also became the grand chancellor of his alma mater (the Faculty of Theology, Ljubljana).[4]

Stres was also elected president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference on 11 January 2010 and then again in 2012.[1]

On 31 July 2013, Stres stepped down as the archbishop after the request by the

Maribor Archdiocese. He was involved in its financial matters as the auxiliary bishop of Maribor.[5]

Other

Stres is a member of the Slovenian Catholic Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Association.[6] During Slovenia's efforts to become independent, Stres became a founding member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and later member of its collegium.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Ljubljanski nadškof metropolit msgr. dr. Anton Stres" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Bishops' Conference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Anton Stres CM". Famvin.org. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Archbishop Anton Stres, C.M." Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Vodstvo, tajništvo" (in Slovenian). Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Stres: S Turnškom sva odgovorna, a ne glavna krivca; Ljubljansko nadškofijo bo začasno vodil Andrej Glavan, mariborsko pa Stanislav Lipovšek (video)" [Stres: Me and Turnšek Are Responsible, but not the Main Culprits; The Archdiocese of Ljubljana Will be Temporary Led by Andrej Glavan, the Maribor One Will Be Led by Stanislav Lipovšek (video)] (in Slovenian). Dnevnik.si. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Menjava rutice celjskega škofa" (in Slovenian). Skavt.net. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Stres Anton (15. 12. 1942)" (in Slovenian). Slovenskapomlad.si. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Ljubljana
2010–2013 		Succeeded by
Stane Zore
President of the
Slovenian Bishops' Conference

2010–2013 		Succeeded by
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