Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960) was a Croatian Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 to 1960. In 1998 he was declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II.Stepinac was ordained on October 26 1930 by archbishop Giuseppe Palica and in 1931 he became a parish curate in Zagreb. He established the archdiocesan branch of Caritas in 1931 and was appointed coadjutor to the see of Zagreb in 1934.
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active years end year
1960-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1938-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
alma mater
Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum
birth date
1898-05-08
birth place
Austria-Hungary, Brezari%C4%87
death date
1960-02-10
death place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Krašić
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