Živko Kustić Explained

Živko Kustić
Birth Date:12 December 1930
Birth Place:Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Death Place:Zagreb, Croatia
Alma Mater:University of Zagreb
Occupation:Writer

Živko Kustić (12 December 1930 – 19 July 2014) was a Croatian journalist and writer. Kustić studied mathematics, physics, and theology at the University of Zagreb before being ordained as a priest of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia in Žumberak in 1958. He was the editor of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb-published weekly Glas Koncila from 1963 until 1990. In 1993, Kustić was appointed the first editor-in-chief of the established by the Episcopal Conference of Croatia. He held the position until 1999. Kustić died in Zagreb in 2014.[1] During the Croatian Spring, among many others, Kustić was accused of stirring up Croatian nationalist views.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kustić, Živko. hr. 23 October 2021. Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography.
  2. Book: Batović, Ante. The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression and Foreign Policy Under Tito . I. B. Tauris. London. 2017. 978-1-78453-927-6. 132–134.