Anton Vovk
The Archbishop Anton Vovk (19 May 1900 – 7 July 1963) was born in the village of Vrba in Upper Carniola in the same house where the poet France Prešeren had been born 100 years earlier (Vovk was Prešeren's grand-nephew because his grandmother Marija “Mina” Volk was Prešeren's sister).
His Excellency Anton Vovk | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Ljubljana | |
| Diocese | Ljubljana |
| Installed | 26 November 1959 |
| Term ended | 7 July 1963 |
| Predecessor | Gregorij Rožman |
| Successor | Jože Pogacnik |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1923 |
| Consecration | 1 December 1946 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1900 Vrba, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 7 July 1963 (aged 63) Ljubljana, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia) |
| Buried | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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