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Franjo Kuharić
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Zagreb

Franjo Kuharić (born 15 April 1919 in Pribić, Croatia, died 8 March 2002) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

He was ordained in 1945 and became a bishop in 1964. He was appointed Archbishop of Zagreb in 1970. In 1983 he was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II. He retired in 1997 and was succeeded as Archbishop by Josip Bozanić.

Views[]

Status of Međugorje[]

Regarding the status of Međugorje, Cardinal Kuharić declared that "We therefore leave this aspect for further investigation. The Church is in no hurry." [1]

References[]

  1. Glas Koncila (the Croatian Catholic Newspaper), August, 1993.
Preceded by
Franjo Šeper
Archbishop of Zagreb
1970-1997
Succeeded by
Josip Bozanić

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