Peter Štumpf
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Mons. Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. | |
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| Bishop of the Diocese of Koper | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 29 November 2024 |
| Predecessor | Jurij Bizjak |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other post | Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference of Slovenia (2022–) |
| Previous posts | Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Maribor (2006–2009), Bishop of Murska Sobota (2009–2024) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1990 (Priest) by Franc Kramberger |
| Consecration | 10 September 2006 (Bishop) by Franc Kramberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Štumpf 28 June 1962 |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana, Salesian Pontifical University |
| Motto | S teboj, mati Marija |
Bishop Peter Štumpf, S.D.B. (born 28 June 1962) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as a Bishop of the Diocese of Koper since 29 November 2024. Previously he was a Titular Bishop of Musti in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maribor from 24 May 2006 until 28 November 2009, and after, as Bishop of the Diocese of Murska Sobota since 28 November 2009 until 29 November 2024.
Bishop Štumpf was born into a Roman Catholic family in Murska Sobota, but grew up in Beltinci in the Prekmurje region, where his parents came from.[1]
After finishing primary school in 1977, which he attended in Beltinci and a secondary school in Želimlje, he graduated at the classical gymnasium Poljane in Ljubljana in 1983, while joined a religious congregation of the Salesians of Don Bosco and after the novitiate made a profession on August 9, 1980. After he completed his compulsory military service in the Yugoslav Army in 1983, Peter consequently studied at the Theological faculty at the University of Ljubljana from 1984 and continued his studies at the Salesian Pontifical University in Turin, Italy from 1986[1] and was ordained as priest on 29 June 1990 by Bishop Franc Kramberger[2] in Maribor, after completed his philosophical and theological studies in 1989.[3]
