Janez Kalan
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20 October 1868
Janez Evangelist Kalan | |
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 Janez Kalan | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1891 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janez Kalan 20 October 1868 Suha, Škofja Loka, Slovenia |
| Died | 27 April 1945 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovene |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Janez (Evangelist) Kalan (20 October 1868 – 27 April 1945), was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest, editor, and writer.
Kalan was born in the village of Suha.[1] He attended elementary school in Škofja Loka, followed by secondary school (from 1879 to 1887) and seminary (from 1887 to 1891) in Ljubljana. He was ordained a priest in 1891, after which he served as a curate in Dol pri Ljubljani from 1891 to 1893 and in Kamnik from 1893 to 1900. From 1900 to 1904 he was a vicar in Ljubljana, and from 1904 to 1908 the parish priest in Zapoge.
From 1903 to 1924 he was the Episcopal head of the campaign against alcoholism; he left his position as parish priest in 1908 in order to dedicate himself to this task. His zeal against alcohol earned him the deprecatory nickname Wasserkalan 'water Kalan'.[2] In 1903 he founded the religious monthly periodical Bogoljub (God’s Love) and edited it until the end of 1924, when he left to serve among Slovene workers in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1923 he also served as a missionary among Slovene emigrants in southern Serbia. Kalan wrote a number of books.
