Metod Pirih
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Mons. Metod Pirih | |
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| Bishop of Diocese of Koper | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 16 April 1987 |
| Term ended | 26 May 2012 |
| Predecessor | Janez Jenko |
| Successor | Jurij Bizjak |
| Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Diocese of Koper (1985–1987) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 June 1963 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 27 May 1985 (Bishop) by Janez Jenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Metod Pirih 9 May 1936 |
| Died | 23 March 2021 (aged 84) Vipava, Slovenia |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana, Teresianum |
Bishop Metod Pirih (9 May 1936 – 23 March 2021[1]) was a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of the Diocese of Koper from 16 April 1987 until his retirement on 26 May 2012. Before he was a Coadjutor Bishop of the same Diocese since 25 March 1985 until 16 April 1987.
Bishop Pirih was born into a Roman Catholic family of Mirko and Štefanija (née Šuligoj) in the present day City Municipality of Nova Gorica,[2] that in this time was governed by Italians and was baptized at the local church on the day of his birth.[3]
After finishing primary school, which he attended in his native Lokovec in 1948 and graduation from a classical gymnasium in Pazin, Croatia in 1956, 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 he studied from 1956 until 1963[3] and was ordained as priest on June 26, 1963 in Ljubljana for the Diocese of Trieste–Koper (for its Slovenian part),[4] after he completed his philosophical and theological studies. In the meantime, he also served his compulsory military service in the Yugoslavian Army.[2]
