Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
Josip Bozanić took which position from Oct 2003 to Oct 2004?
Josip Bozanić Josip Bozanić ( ; born 20 March 1949 ) is a Croatian Cardinal of the Catholic Church . He is the eighth and current Archbishop of Zagreb , having previously served as Bishop of Krk from 1989 to 1997 . He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003 . He is a member of the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals of the Institute for the Works of Religion , along with other five cardinals . Biography . Early life and ordination . Josip Bozanić was born in Rijeka , Yugoslavia ( now Croatia ) , to Ivan Bozanić and Dinka Valković . He attended the minor seminary of Pazin , and the Theological Faculties of Rijeka and Zagreb , where he obtained a Masters degree in theology . He was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1975 by Bishop Karmelo Zazinović , to whom Bozanić then served as private secretary until 1976 . Pastoral work . He was a parish priest for three years before furthering his studies in Rome from 1979 to 1985 . He earned a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University . Upon his return to Yugoslavia , he served as chancellor ( 1986–1987 ) and vicar general ( 1987–1989 ) of the Diocese of Krk . He also taught dogmatic theology and canon law at the Theological Institute of Rijeka from 1988 to 1997 . Bishop . On 10 May 1989 , Bozanić was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Krk by Pope John Paul II . He received his episcopal consecration on the following 25 June from Franjo Cardinal Kuharić , with Archbishop Josip Pavlišić and Bishop Zazinović serving as co-consecrators , at Assumption Cathedral . He later succeeded Zazinović as Bishop of Krk upon the latters retirement on 14 November 1989 ; one of his ancestors , Bartol Bozanić , served in the same post from 1839 to 1854 . He briefly served as Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese of Rijeka-Senj from June to November 1996 , and was named the eighth Archbishop of Zagreb on 5 July 1997 . He has also been the President of the Croatian Bishops Conference between 1997 and 2007 , and the Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops Conferences between 2001 and 2006 . Cardinal . John Paul II created him Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati in the consistory of 21 October 2003 . Bozanić was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI . Within the Roman Curia , he is a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , the Congregation for Catholic Education ( renewed on 11 December 2010 ) , the Pontifical Council for the Laity , and the Special Council for Europe of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops . On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation . On 29 December 2011 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for a five-year renewable term . On Tuesday , 18 September 2012 , Cardinal Bozanić was named by Pope Benedict XVI as one of the papally-appointed Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization . He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis . Views on Homosexuality . In 2013 , he intervened in the political campaign to alter the Croatian referendum so that it more explicitly defined marriage only as a union between a man and a woman . He issued a pastoral letter to be read in all Catholic churches across the country reminding parishioners that Marriage is the only union enabling procreation . The referendum was subsequently approved by a vote of 66% to 34% ; and was thus regarded as a major victory for the Roman Catholic Church , and a blow to gay rights advocates . External links . - Biography @ catholic-pages.com