Bishop Stanislav Lipovšek (born 10 July 1943) is a Slovenian

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prelate who served as the second Bishop of the

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from 15 March 2010 until his retirement on 18 September 2018. Also he was an Apostolic Administrator during the vacancy of the Archdiocese of Maribor since 31 July 2013 until 26 April 2015.

Education

Bishop Lipovšek was born into a Roman Catholic family in Jankova near Vojnik during time of the Nazi occupation of Slovenia in the present day

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. After finishing primary school, which he attended in Vojnik and graduation a classical gymnasium in

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in 1962, 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 studied from 1962 until 1968 and was ordained as

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on June 29, 1968 for the

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, after completed his philosophical and theological studies. In the meantime, he also served his compulsory military service in the Yugoslavian Army. Coat of arms of Stanislav Lipovšek

Pastoral and educational work

After his ordination Fr. Lipovšek served as a priest in

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(1968) and the parish of the St. Daniel in

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(1968–1972). Later he continued his postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Atheneum of Saint Anselm in

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with a

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degree in the camp of a liturgical science in 1976. After returning to Slovenia, he was appointed parish administrator of the parish of the Virgin Mary in

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-Brezje (1976–1981). In 1981 he became a spiritual director in the Major Theological Seminary in

. Then in 1982 he was appointed

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of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in

, where he remained until his appointment as bishop in 2010. Meanwhile, in 2004 he became vice-dean of the Maribor archdeaconry (until 2010) During his priestly service (1978–1998), he was also active as a higher education lecturer, first as an assistant and later as a part-time professor, for

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at the

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unit of the Faculty of Theology.

Prelate

On March 15, 2010, he was appointed by

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as the second Diocesan Bishop of the

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. On April 24, 2010, he was consecrated as bishop by Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop

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and other prelates of the

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in the Cathedral of Saint Prophet Daniel in

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. Also he served as an Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Maribor during its vacancy since 31 July 2013 until 26 April 2015. Bishop Lipovšek retired on September 18, 2018 after reaching of the age limit of 75 years old.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lipovšek, Stanislav 1943 births Living people People from the Municipality of Vojnik University of Ljubljana alumni Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm alumni Academic staff of the University of Maribor 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Slovenia Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI