Valentin Pozaić
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His Excellency Valentin Pozaić | |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zagreb | |
Appointed | 2 February 2005 |
Term ended | 13 May 2017 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Petina (2005–2023) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 June 1973 |
Consecration | 19 March 2005 by Josip Bozanić |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 15 May 2023 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 77)
Motto | ŽIVOT BIRAJ (CHOOSE LIFE) |
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Styles of Valentin Pozaić | ||
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Reference style | ||
Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
Religious style | Bishop |
Valentin Pozaić,
Education
Pozaić was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Janko and Agata (née Salar) near Marija Bistrica in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region.
After finishing primary school, which he attended in his native Selnica and
Pastoral and scientific work
Pozaić continued his studies at the
After graduating, he returned to Zagreb and took up the position of professor of moral theology at the Philosophical and Theological Institute of the Society of Jesus. From 1990 to 1994, he taught bioethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was a professor of Christian ethics at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb (that is affiliated with the University of Zagreb). In his scientific work, he excelled in the field of bioethics, so he founded the Center for Bioethics at the Philosophical and Theological Institute of the Society of Jesus. From 1990 to 1993 he was a member of the Council of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia for the Doctrine of the Faith. Since 1991 he has been the spiritual assistant of the Croatian Catholic Medical Association, and since 1996 the spiritual advisor of the European Association of Catholic Physicians. From 1994 to 2000, he was the Rector of the College of the Society of Jesus in Jordanovac.[1]
Prelate
On 2 February 2005, he was appointed by
Pozaić resigned as an Auxiliary Bishop on 13 May 2017 before reaching the age limit of 75 years old, because of a health reasons.[1] He died in Zagreb on 15 May 2023, at the age of 77.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Mons. Valentin Pozaić, pomoćni biskup zagrebački u miru". Official Website of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia (in Croatian). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Valentin Pozaić, S.J." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 18 May 2020.