Alojz Uran

Alojz uranium ( born January 22, 1945 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop emeritus of Ljubljana.

Life

Alojz uranium was born as the third child of a peasant family. After graduating in 1964 he studied at the Theological Faculty of the University of Ljubljana theology and received on 29 June 1970 by Archbishop Jožef Pogačnik the sacrament of Holy Orders. In 1980 he was appointed pastor of the parish of St. Veit United Ljubljana.

On 16 December 1992 by Pope John Paul II appointed titular bishop of Abula and auxiliary bishop in Ljubljana. The Pope himself gave him a bishop on January 6, 1993 at St. Peter's Basilica; Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re, ex officio proceedings in the Secretariat of State, and Justin Francis Rigali, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops. On 25 October 2004 he was appointed John Paul II 's successor Franc Rode as archbishop of Ljubljana. On November 28, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. that emerges in his resignation for health reasons to.

Alojz uranium was the 34th bishop of the Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the Ljubljana Metropolitan fifth. He is chairman of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference.