Ante Jozić Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Ante Jozić
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:28 June 2024
Predecessor:José Avelino Bettencourt
Other Post:Titular Archbishop of Cissa
Ordination:28 June 1986
Ordained By:Ante Jurić
Consecration:16 September 2020
Birth Date:16 January 1967
Nationality:Croatian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Ante Jozić.svg
Motto:In Te Domine speravi
Ante Jozić
Dipstyle:His Excellency
The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency

Ante Jozić (born 16 January 1967) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1999. Though appointed as apostolic nuncio and titular archbishop in 2019, injuries suffered in a traffic accident prevented him from being consecrated and taking up his post. His episcopal consecration was postponed a second time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was finally consecrated on 16 September 2020.

Biography

Ante Jozić was born in Trilj, Croatia, on 16 January 1967. He was ordained a priest on 28 June 1992 and became a priest of the Diocese of Split.

He obtained a doctorate in civil and canon law.

Diplomatic career

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1995.[1] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1999 and worked at the apostolic nunciatures in India, the Russian Federation, and the Philippines, and for ten years in Hong Kong as head of the Holy See Study Mission for China.[2]

Pope Francis appointed Jozić titular archbishop of Cissa and Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire on 2 February 2019.[3] His episcopal consecration, scheduled for 1 May, was postponed after Jozić was seriously injured in a car accident in Croatia on 7 April.[4] He was released from the hospital on 20 June.[5] On 28 October, Paolo Borgia was appointed in his stead.[6]

Jozić had an audience with Pope Francis on 22 January 2020 and remained a titular archbishop-elect.[7] His episcopal ordination was initially rescheduled for 21 March 2020, but was postponed again pending the rescinding of restrictions on mass gatherings due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.[8] He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus on 21 May 2020.[9] Jozić was ultimately consecrated bishop on 16 September 2020 in Solin, Croatia, with Pietro Parolin, the Cardinal Secretary of State, serving as the principal consecrator.[10]

On 28 June 2024, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Armenia and Georgia.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. it. 22 January 2020 . Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 .
  2. News: Asia News . Msgr. Ante Jozic injured in a serious car accident . 22 January 2020 . 8 April 2019 .
  3. 12 August 2019 . Rinunce e nomine, 02.02.2019 . Holy See Press Office . it . 2 February 2019 .
  4. News: 4 June 2019 . croatian . Mons. Ante Jozić se oporavlja: Posjetio ga papin tajnik Parolin . 24 sara . Mons. Ante Jozic Recovers: visited by Papal Secretary Parolin . 1 May 2019.
  5. News: Mons. Ante Jozić zahvalio se Gospi Sinjskoj na oporavku od teške prometne nesreće . croatian . 22 January 2020 . 25 June 2019 . Misija Slobodna Dalmacija . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190906192434/http://misija.slobodnadalmacija.hr/katolicka-dalmacija/clanak/id/36323/mons-ante-jozic-zahvalio-se-gospi-sinjskoj-na-oporavku-od-teske-prometne-nesrece . dead .
  6. 28 October 2019 . 28 October 2019 . Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 28.10.2019.
  7. Holy See Press Office . 22 January 2020 . Audiences, 22.01.2020 . 22 January 2020.
  8. News: Consecration of Hong Kong's former Vatican legate delayed again. 18 March 2020. 26 April 2020. Union of Catholic Asian News. Hong Kong. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318232206/https://www.ucanews.com/news/consecration-of-hong-kongs-former-vatican-legate-delayed-again/87489. 18 March 2020.
  9. Resignations and Appointments, 21.05.2020. 21 May 2020. Holy See Press Office.
  10. News: Apostolic nuncio to Belarus consecrated a bishop. 16 September 2020. 19 September 2020. Catholic News Agency. EWTN.
  11. News: Rinunce e nomine, 28.06.2024 . June 28, 2024.