Zlatko Sudac (born 24 January 1971) is a

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for the diocese of

Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kot ...

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. He is best known for his claim to having

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. Sudac is from the town of

Vrbnik Vrbnik ( it, Verbenico, german: Vörbnick) is a village and a municipality on the east coast of the island of Krk. The village is perched on a limestone outcropping 50 m above the Adriatic Sea. Vrbnik is naturally separated from mainland Croatia ...

island,

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. He began studying for the priesthood in 1993, after completing his mandatory military service in the Yugoslav army. He was

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on 29 June 1998. Sudac is well known in Croatia for his alleged stigmata, which he claims to bear as a cross on his forehead, as well as markings on his wrists, feet, and side. He held religious retreats in his religious centre, Betanija, on the island

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, until 2010, when the Church closed the centre and Sudac was ordered to desist his activities. Sudac claimed he was being persecuted, that he had never been prohibited from organising his retreats, and that he was being poisoned for 10 years. As of 2016, Sudac is officially a priest of the Krk Diocese, but is not assigned to any parish and does not say

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References

External links

Father Sudac Official Web Pages
1971 births 21st-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests Living people 20th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests People from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{Christianity-bio-stub