Živko Kustić (12 December 1930 – 19 July 2014) was a Croatian journalist and writer. Kustić studied mathematics, physics, and theology at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

before being ordained as a priest of the

Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia The Greek Catholic Church in Croatia and Serbia or Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, is a particular (''sui iuris'') Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Catholic Church. It consists of the Greek Catholic Eparchy ...

in Žumberak in 1958. He was the editor of

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-published weekly ''

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'' from 1963 until 1990. In 1993, Kustić was appointed the first

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of the established by the

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. He held the position until 1999. Kustić died in

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in 2014. During the

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, among many others, Kustić was accused of stirring up

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views.

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1930 births 2014 deaths Writers from Split, Croatia 20th-century Croatian writers 20th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests {{Croatia-stub