Petar Rajič

His Grace
Petar Antun Rajič
Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum
Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 15 June 2015
Orders
Ordination 29 June 1987
Consecration 23 January 2010
by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone [1]
Personal details
Born (1959-06-12) 12 June 1959 [1]
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater University of Toronto
Pontifical Lateran University [1]
Motto "Christus Dominus Nos Liberavit (For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free)" [1]
Styles of
Petar Rajič
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Archbishop Petar Rajič (born 12 June, 1959) is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe.[2] Previously, Archbishop Petar was the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula.[3] These countries are divided into two apostolic vicariates, Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia and Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia.[4] Archbishop Petar is fluent in English, Croatian, French and Italian.[1]

Early life

Petar Antun Rajič was born in Toronto to Catholic Liberan and Dominika, Croatian immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Canada. Petar is the eldest of three children.


See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "His Grace Archbishop Petar Rajič - Former Apostolic Nuncio to the Arabian Peninsula". avona.org.
  2. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Petar Antun Rajič [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org.
  3. ↑ "Audiences". News.va. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. ↑ "Reorganisation of the Two Vicariates in the Arabian Peninsula". Catholic-church.org.
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