Pero Sudar (born 3 July 1951) was an auxiliary bishop of

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in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Priesthood

Sudar was

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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

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in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After that, he went to

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where he received a

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. 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

and

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of Selia by

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. He received his

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on January 6, 1994 from Vinko Cardinal Puljić, with Franjo Cardinal Kuharić and Bishop Ćiril Kos serving as co-

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s. He selected as his episcopal

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: ''"Mir vama"''. On October 18th 2019, Pope

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accepted Sudar's resignation.

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