Bože Radoš (born 5 September 1964) is a Croatian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been the bishop of
Varaždin since 1 August 2019.
Life
Bože Radoš was born near
Tomislavgrad on 5 September 1964 into a
Herzegovinian Croat
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Catholic family that moved a few years later to
Kuševac in
Croatia, where he grew up. After graduating from school and gymnasium in
Đakovo and
Zagreb, he entered the Major Theological Seminary in
Đakovo in 1983,
and, after completing his studies in philosophy and theology, on 29 June 1990 was ordained a
priest for the
archdiocese of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem.
Radoš served as an assistant priest in
Osijek
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from 1990 to 1991 and then continued his studies at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in
Rome, earning a
licentiate in
spiritual theology
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in 1997. Returning to Croatia, he served as a spiritual director at his alma mater, the Major Theological Seminary in Đakovo years from 1997 to 2016. His other assignments included: assistant for the ongoing formation of young priests from 1997 to 2016; lecturer in the Faculty of Theology from 1997 to 2016; and a member of the
presbyteral council from 2013 to 2016. In 2010 Radoš became a
canon of the
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Đakovo
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.
From to 2016 to 2019 he was rector of the
Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome
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in Rome.
On 1 August 2019,
Pope Francis appointed him bishop of
Varaždin. On 24 November 2019, he received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal
Josip Bozanić
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in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in
Varaždin.
References
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1964 births
Living people
People from Tomislavgrad
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Croat Roman Catholic clergy from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia