Anton Žerdín Bukovec Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Gerardo Antonio Zerdín Bukovec
Honorific-Suffix:O.F.M.
Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of San Ramón
Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina
Church:Roman Catholic
See:San Ramón
Predecessor:Julio Ojeda Pascual
Consecration:14 April 2002
Consecrated By:Julio Ojeda Pascual
Rank:Bishop
Birth Date:11 June 1950
Birth Place:Lendava
Nationality:Slovenian
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Gerardo Antonio Zerdín Bukovec (born 11 June 1950 in Lendava) is a Slovenian priest and Apostolic Vicar of San Ramón in Peru.[1]

Life

Gerardo Antonio Zerdín Bukovec joined the Order of Franciscans (OFM) and received the priestly ordination on 9 November 1975. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 19 January 2002 as Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of San Ramón and titular bishop of Thucca terebenthina.[2] [3] [4] The Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón, Julio Ojeda Pascual, gave him the bishop's ordination on 14 April of that year; Co-consecrators were Rino Passigato, Apostolic Nuncio in Peru, and Victor de la Peña Perez, Apostolic Vicar of Requena.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bzerd.html&usg=ALkJrhgf9urA5QnwO4LS823HbiszlZTAKg Entry at Catholic-Hieirarchy.org
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4t09.html Entry at catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1882.htm Eintrag auf Giga-Catholic
  4. http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/titulare_t.htm Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze
  5. Le Petit Episcopologe Issue 167, Number 14,174