Slavko Večerin
Alojzije Slavko Večerin | |
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Diocesan Bishop of FPR Yugoslavia | |
Died | 26 August 2022 Kikinda, Serbia | (aged 65)
Previous post(s) | Vicar General of Diocese of Subotica (2005–2020) |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Bishop Alojzije Slavko Večerin (
Education
Bishop Večerin was born into a Vojvodina Croats Roman Catholic family in Palić (town located in the city of Subotica).[2]
After graduation from the primary school in his native town and the classical gymnasium in Subotica in 1976, he consequently joined the Archdiocesan Theological Seminary in Zagreb and the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, were he studied from 1976 until 1983,[3] and was ordained as priest on 14 August 1983 for his native Diocese of Subotica,[4] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
Later career
After his ordination Fr. Večerin for a short time served as an assistant priest in the parish of the Holy Trinity in Sombor (1983–1985), until in the summer of 1985 he was appointed administrator of the parish of St. Paul in Bač. Then, in 1991, he was transferred to Subotica, where he served as a spiritual director in the Minor Seminary Paulinum and archivist of the Episcopal Ordinariate. From 1994 to 2006, he served as secretary of the Diocese of Subotica. At the same time he served as the parish priest in the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Bajmok (1998–2008), and then from 2011 to 2016 in the parish of Mary Mother of the Church in Subotica, and at the same time he was the rector of the Marian shrine Bunarić. Since 2016 until 2020, he was the pastor of the parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Sombor.[3]
He was the
Prelate
On 8 September 2020, he was appointed by
References
- ^ "Preminuo subotički biskup mons. Slavko Večerin - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas". 27 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Bački župnici VI". zvonik.rs (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mons. Slavko Večerin imenovan biskupom Subotičke biskupije". bitno.net (in Croatian). 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Bishop Alojzije Slavko Večerin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 24 December 2021.