Vlado Košić

Coat of arms of Vlado Košić

Vlado Košić (born in Družbinec near Varaždin, 20 May 1959.[1]) is Croatian bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak.

He teaches on the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb since 1995. 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.[2] 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. He received a PhD with a thesis on Franjo Pejačević, with Ivan Golub as supervisor.

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