Marjan Turnšek
Mons. Marjan Turnšek | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of FPR Yugoslavia (present day Slovenia) | |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana, Pontifical Gregorian University |
Marjan Turnšek (born 25 July 1955) is a Slovenian
Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Murska Sobota from 7 April 2006 until 28 November 2009, coadjutor archbishop of Archdiocese of Maribor
from 28 November 2009 until 3 February 2011 and as an archbishop of the same archdiocese since 3 February 2011 until his resignation on 31 July 2013.
Education
Turnšek was born into a Roman Catholic family in a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria.
After finishing primary school and graduation a classical gymnasium in his native city
Roman Catholic Diocese of Maribor by Bishop Franc Kramberger,[3]
after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
Pastoral and educational work
After his ordination Fr. Turnšek served as an assistant priest in the parish of St. Martin in
Vatican Apostolic Library.[2]
From 1990 he worked as a research associate at the
canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Maribor. From 1990 to 2010 he taught regular and elective lectures, exercises and seminars in the field of systematic (dogmatic) theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana at the unit in Maribor and Ljubljana.[1]
Prelate
On April 7, 2006, he was appointed by
coadjutor archbishop, and on February 3, 2011 Mons. Turnšek succeeded his predecessor as an archbishop.[1]
He resigned on July 31, 2013 before reaching of the age limit of 75 years old,[3] due to his partial responsibility for the financial crisis of the archdiocese,[4] and continued to teach at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana.
References
- ^ a b c "Upokojeni mariborski nadškof msgr. dr. Marjan Turnšek". Official Website of the Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Dr. Marjan Turnšek - Življenjepis". Official Website of the Archdiocese of Maribor (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Archbishop Marjan Turnšek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Papež sprejel odstop Stresa in Turnška" [Pope Accepts the Resignations of Stres and Turnšek]. Delo (in Slovenian). 31 July 2013.
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