Marjan Turnšek
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Mons. Marjan Turnšek | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Maribor | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 3 February 2011 |
| Term ended | 31 July 2013 |
| Predecessor | Franc Kramberger |
| Successor | Stanislav Lipovšek (as Apostolic Administrator) |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Murska Sobota (2006–2009), Coadjutor Archbishop of Maribor (2009–2011) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 June 1981 (Priest) by Franc Kramberger |
| Consecration | 25 June 2006 (Bishop) by Franc Kramberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marjan Turnšek 25 July 1955 |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana, Pontifical Gregorian University |
Marjan Turnšek (born 25 July 1955) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Murska Sobota from 7 April 2006 until 28 November 2009, coadjutor archbishop of Archdiocese of Maribor from 28 November 2009 until 3 February 2011 and as an archbishop of the same archdiocese since 3 February 2011 until his resignation on 31 July 2013.
Turnšek was born into a Roman Catholic family in a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria.
After finishing primary school and graduation a classical gymnasium in his native city Celje in 1974, he was admitted to the Major Theological Seminary in Ljubljana and in the same time joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, where studied from 1974 until 1981[1][2] and was ordained as priest on June 28, 1981 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maribor by Bishop Franc Kramberger,[3] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
