Bishop Franc Šuštar (born 27 April 1959) is a Slovenian

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prelate who serves as a Titular Bishop of Ressiana and Auxiliary Bishop of

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in the parish of Homec. After finishing primary school, Franc graduated a Minor Seminary in

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with the secondary education during 1974–1978 and also served his compulsory military service in the Yugoslavian Army. After that, he was admitted to the Major Theological Seminary in

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and in the same time joined the Theological Faculty at the

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, where he studied two years, until he was sent to

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. Here he continued his seminary formation in the

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and completed his studies with a

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degree in

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at the

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and was ordained as

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on June 29, 1985, for his native Archdiocese of Ljubljana.

Pastoral work

After his ordination Fr. Šuštar was engaged in pastoral work and served as priest in Ljubljana-Moste and Ljubljana-Fužine parishes from 1985 until 1991. From 1991 to 1997 he was the director of the Major Theological Seminary in

. He then became a parish priest in

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, where he served from 1997 until 2005. For two years, Archbishop

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appointed him cathedral pastor in

and archdeacon. After two years, in 2007 he was re-appointed director of the Major Theological Seminary in Ljubljana and a

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of the cathedral chapter. He also worked as an Econom at the Major Seminary.

Prelate

On February 7, 2015, he was appointed by

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as the Titular Bishop of Ressiana and Auxiliary Bishop of the

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in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in

. Also from 2015 he is serving as the

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of this Archdiocese.

References

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