Ivan Jurkovič
Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus (2001-2004) | |
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| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Omnia in caritate ("All things in love") |
| Styles of Ivan Jurkovič | |
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Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Ivan Jurkovič (born 10 June 1952) is a Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada since June 2021. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1984 and was the Nuncio to Russia and Nuncio to Uzbekistan from 2011 to 2016.
Biography
Born in
From 1992 to 1996 he was appointed as consultant to the Apostolic Nunciature in Russia. At the same time he served as Professor of Canon Law at the St. Thomas Institute of Philosophy, Theology and History in Moscow, where he published the following books: "Marriage Law" (Moscow, 1993), "Canon Law on the People of God" (Moscow, 1993), "Latin-Russian Dictionary of Terms and Expressions of the Code of Canon Law" (with A. Koval, Moscow, 1995), "Canon Law on the People of God and Marriage" (Second edition, Moscow, 2000). Then he worked as a consultant in the OSCE.
On 28 July 2001,
He was reassigned as Nuncio to Ukraine on 22 April 2004.[2]
Jurkovič was named Nuncio to Russia on 19 February 2011,[3] just fourteen months after the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Russia and the Holy See.[4] On 22 July 2011 Jurkovič was named Nuncio to Uzbekistan as well.[5]
On 13 February 2016, Pope Francis named him Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva.[6]
On 5 June 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Canada.[7]
Jurkovič is a Conventual Chaplain Grand Cross ad honorem of the Sovereign Military Order of Hospitalers of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta.
See also
References
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.07.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 July 2001. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.04.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Vatican names new ambassador to Russia". Interfax-religion.com. 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Holy See Sends 1st Nuncio to Russia". zenit.org. 27 July 2010.
- ^ "Mons. Ivan Jurkovič, nuovo Nunzio Apostolico in Uzbekistan". zenit.com. 22 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 13.02.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 05.06.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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