Anton Stres

His Excellency Anton Stres C.M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Ljubljana
Appointed	28 November 2009
Installed	24 January 2010
Term ended	31 July 2013
Predecessor	Alojz Uran
Orders
Ordination	20 April 1968
Consecration	24 June 2000 by Franc Kramberger
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-15) 15 December 1942 (age 74) Donačka Gora, Southern Styria, Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Nationality	Slovene
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Ljubljana
Previous post	Dean, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana (1999–2000) Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (2000–2006) Bishop of Celje (2006–2009) Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (2009–2010) titular Bishop of Ptuj
Alma mater	University of Ljubljana, Institut Catholique de Paris
Motto	Omnia propter evangelium
Coat of arms

Anton Stres, C.M. (born 15 December 1942), was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 2013. As Archbishop of Ljubljana he was also the Grand Chancellor of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana.

Stres was born on 15 December 1942 in Donačka Gora. He attended primary school (four years) in his home village, and finished lower secondary school (four years) in Rogaška Slatina. He continued his studies at the Interdiocese Preparatory Seminary in Zagreb, Croatia (Croatian: Interdijecezanska srednja škola za spremanje svećenika v Zagrebu), taking his leaving exam in 1962. He entered the Congregation of the Mission, more commonly known as the Vincentians or Lazarists, on 22 August 1960 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Stres' education was then put on hold for two years because of mandatory military service in the Yugoslav National Army; he was stationed in Ohrid, Macedonia.

After completing his military service in 1963, Stres entered the Faculty of Theology, of the University of Ljubljana, where he completed three years of study. Then he was sent to the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Paris, where he received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1969. During this time, he made his perpetual profession on 28 March 1967 and was ordained a priest on 20 April 1968. He continued his studies at the institute's Faculty of Philosophy and received a M.A. in philosophy in 1972.