Pero Sudar Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Pero Sudar
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vrhbosna
Titular Bishop of Selia
Archdiocese:Vrhbosna
See:Sarajevo
Appointed:28 May 1993
Ordination:29 June 1977
Consecration:6 January 1994
Consecrated By:Vinko Puljić
Birth Date:3 July 1951
Birth Place:Bare, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Religion:Catholic
Alma Mater:Pontifical Urbaniana University
Motto:Mir vama (Peace be with you)
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Pero Sudar.svg

Pero Sudar (born 3 July 1951) was an auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Priesthood

Sudar was ordained priest of the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna on June 29, 1977. In 1977 he served as parochial vicar at Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Komušina near Teslić in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After that, he went to Rome where he received a doctorate in canon law at Pontifical Urbaniana University. After returning from Rome, he taught canon law at Vrhbosnian Theology and from 1989 to 1993 he held the office of Chancellor of The Archdiocesan Seminary in Sarajevo.

Episcopal career

On May 28, 1993, Sudar was appointed auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna and titular bishop of Selia by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on January 6, 1994, from Vinko Cardinal Puljić, with Franjo Cardinal Kuharić and Bishop Ćiril Kos serving as co-consecrators. He selected as his episcopal motto: "Mir vama". On October 18, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Sudar's resignation.