Msgr. Ivan Šaško |
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Auxiliary bishop of Zagreb | |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb |
See | Zagreb |
Appointed | 11 February 2008 |
Installed | 29 March 2008 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Rotary (2008-) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 28 June 1992 by Franjo Kuharic |
Consecration | 29 March 2008 by Josip Bozanic |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Ivan Šaško |
Born |
Ðivan near Vrbovec, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
1 August 1966
Nationality | Croatian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater |
Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm |
Motto | In novitate vitae In newness of life (Romans 6:4) |
Coat of arms |
Ivan Šaško (born in Ðivan near Vrbovec, 1 August 1966) is a Croatian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb since March 29, 2008.
Ivan Šaško was born in a small village of Ðivan near Vrbovec on August 1, 1966 to Stjepan and Ljubica Šaško. He attended first two classes of the elementary school in Banovo, and finished it at Vrbovec in year 1981. After graduation, he attended minor seminary in Zagreb. He graduated from Interdiocese Preparatory Seminary in 1985 after which he went to serve conscription in army. In autum of 1986, Šaško entered major seminary and started study of theology and philosophy at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb. Upon completion of the second year of study in 1988, Šaško went to Rome to the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm where he stayed until 1994, and continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University from which he graduated in 1991. In the same year he was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Zagreb and began postgraduate studies and specialization in liturgy at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm. On June 28, 1992, Šaško was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Zagreb by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić. He gaind his Master's degree on June 10, 1994. That same year he became a member of the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome and continued writing a doctoral dissertation. Šaško successfully defended dissertation on November 28, 1997 with thesis Dona, munera, sancta sacrifício - and omnibus ... facere digneris: dinamismo pneumatologici part Canone Romano. Ricerca e proposta per una rilettura teologico-liturgica.