Anton Tamarut
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Anton Tamarut | |
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| Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka (until 25 May 2000 of Rijeka-Senj) | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 5 January 1990 |
| Term ended | 28 June 2000 |
| Predecessor | Josip Pavlišić |
| Successor | Ivan Devčić |
| Other post(s) | Diocesan Bishop of Šibenik (1986–1987), Coadjutor Archbishop of Rijeka-Senj (1987–1990) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1957 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 16 March 1986 (Bishop) by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anton Tamarut 1 December 1932 |
| Died | 28 June 2000 (aged 67) Rijeka, Croatia |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm |
Archbishop Anton Tamarut (1 December 1932 – 28 June 2000) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a diocesan bishop of Šibenik (1986–1987), and after that, as a coadjutor archbishop (1987–1990) and an archbishop of Rijeka since 1990 until his death in 2000.
Tamarut was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family in the north of the island of Pag in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea.
After graduation of the primary school in his native town Novalja, he continued his education at the Archbishop's Minor Seminary in Zagreb, and at the classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in Pazin. He consequently studied at the Major Theological Seminaries in Rijeka and Pazin from 1953 to 1957,[1] and was ordained as priest on June 29, 1957, in his hometown, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
