Franjo Kuharić

Styles of 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 in Zagreb) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

He was born in 1919, Pribić, near Krašić, in what was then the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; now Croatia. He ws educated at the Classic Lyceum, Zagreb; Theological Faculty, University of Zagreb. He was ordained a priest on 15 July 1945 in Zagreb, by Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, archbishop of Zagreb. He did pastoral ministry in the archdiocese of Zagreb from 1945 until 1964.

He was appointed Titular Bishop of Meta and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb on 15 February 1964 by Pope Paul VI and was consecrated on 3 May 1964 by Franjo Cardinal Šeper. He was appointed to succeed Cardinal Seper as 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. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years of age, 15 April 1999. He was called the "Rock of Croatia".

Death. 11 March 2002, Zagreb. Buried in the crypt of the metropolitan cathedral of Zagreb.

Ten years after his death, in March 2012, Archbishop Cardinal Josip Bozanić announced that he would launch a process that requires the Church to examine options for the beatification of Cardinal Kuharić.

Views

Status of Medjugorje

Regarding the status of Medjugorje, Cardinal Kuharić declared that "We therefore leave this aspect for further investigation. The Church is in no hurry."^[2]

References

v t e Croatian cardinals 14th century Demetrije 15th century John of Ragusa (pseudocardinal) 16th century Juraj Utješinović Antun Vrančić Juraj II Drašković 19th century Juraj Haulik Josip Mihalović 20th century Aloysius Stepinac Franjo Šeper Franjo Kuharić Vinko Puljić 21st century Josip Bozanić