Vlado Košić
| Vlado Košić | |
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| Bishop of Sisak | |
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| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak |
| Province | Sisak |
| See | Sisak |
| Appointed | December 5, 2009 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Vlado Košić |
| Born |
20 May 1959 Družbinec, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Motto | Ljubav svemu se nada Love hopes all things (1 Corinthians 13:7) |
| Coat of arms |  |
Vlado Košić (born in Družbinec near Varaždin, 20 May 1959.) is Croatian bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak.
Košić was born in small village of Družbinec near Varaždin on May 20, 1959 to Ivan and Marta (née Dombaj) Košić.
He finished primary school in Družbinec, high school in minor seminary in Zagreb in 1978, and theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb in 1985. On June 30, 1985 he was ordained a presbyter of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. He received his master's degree in 1989 in dogmatic theology with thesis "Treatise "De libero arbitrio et de gratia" of Ivan Paštrić (1636-1708)", and on June 23, 1997 doctoral degree with thesis "Theologian Franjo Ksaver Pejačević (1707-1781) - Features", with Ivan Golub as supervisor. Since November 28, 1997 he holds doctor of science.
He worked in the Archdiocese of Zagreb as a chaplain in Karlovac-Dubovac (1985-1988) and Zagreb-Špansko (1988-1990), and as pastor of Hrastovica (1990-1995) and Petrinja (1992-1995). Since 1995 he worked as an assistant at the Department of Dogmatic Theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb. In 1997 he became senior assistant, and in 2003 assistant professor. Since January 25, 2001 Košić is a president of the Croatian Mariological Institute of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb, a member of the Department of Christian east of the Institute of Ecumenical Theology and dialogue "Juraj Križanić" and the Society for history of the Archdiocese "Tkalčić".
Pope John Paul II declared him the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Zagreb in 1998. He served as the Vicar General of the Archdiocese and Episcopal Vicar for the Sisak area. In the Croatian Bishops' Conference he serves as the President of the Commission "Justice and Peace" (Iustitia et Pax) and as the president of the Council for Ecumenism and Dialogue. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the first bishop of the Diocese of Sisak on 5 December 2009.
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