Ivan Štironja
Ivan Štironja (born 10 May 1960) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the bishop of Poreč-Pula since 2023. He previously briefly served as the bishop of Kotor in Montenegro, from 2021 to 2023.
The Most Reverend Ivan Štironja | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bishop of Poreč-Pula | |||||||||||||||||||||
Štironja in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diocese | Poreč-Pula | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | 31 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 18 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Dražen Kutleša | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other post(s) | Parish priest of the Mostar Cathedral (1998–02)Pastoral Vicar of the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (2002–11)Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011–16)Prish priest of Studenci (2016–2021)Bishop of Kotor (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | 29 June 1986 by Pavao Žanić | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 7 April 2021 by Marin Barišić | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 May 1960 Pješiva, Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Kotor, Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | High Philosophical-Theological School in Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Bog je ljubav"God is love" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Originally from the village of Pješivac near Stolac, Štironja was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan in 1986. Since then, he dedicated himself to missionary work, spending time in Tanzania from 1988 to 1992 and then among the Croatian community in Canada from 1993 to 1996. Štiornja then went to Padua in Italy, specialising in pastoral liturgy from 1996 to 1998 and at the same time working with the Croatian community there. The bishop of Mostar-Duvno Ratko Perić invited him to the new post of the parish priest of the Mostar cathedral, where he served from 1998 to 2002 when he was appointed the diocesan vicar for pastoral care, a post he held until 2011. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the national director of the Papal Missions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011, where he served until 2016. In 2016, Štironja was named a parish priest in Studenci near Ljubuški. In 2020, Pope Francis appointed Štironja the new bishop of Kotor in Montenegro. He was consecrated and installed as the bishop of Kotor in April 2021. After serving less than two years, he was appointed the bishop of Poreč-Pula in January 2023.