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CATHOLIC PRESS AGENCY (IKA) - ZAGREB INFORMATIVNA KATOLIHKA AGENCIJA Kaptol
4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia tel. 385 (1) 27 26 07, fax 385 (1) 27 31 51
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BISHOP IVO GUGIC MURDERED
The retired bishop of Kotor, a well-known collector of artworks and patron
of the arts, resisted thieves who strangled him with a wire.
Kotor, June 4, 1996 (IKA) ? Msgr. Ivo Gugif, retired bishop of Kotor, was
found strangled last night, June 3, 1996, at the bishop’s residence in
Kotor. According to a statement by the apostolic nunciate in the Socialist
Republic of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, the dead body was found at 7:10 p.m. The
initial results of the police investigation indicate that the murder
occurred at approximately 5 p.m. It appears to be a case of murder with
robbery. The thieves broke into the bishop’s residence wher e many
artworks are kept, that can be considered a genuine museum. Bishop Gugif
resisted the intruders and they strangled him with a thick wire. There are
reports that the perpetrators of this cruel murder are already in police
hands. ?There will be a funeral procession on June 7 at 9:30 a.m., in which
many bishops, priests, monks, nuns and the believers will participate. It
is anticipated that all Catholic bishops from the territory of Serbia and
Montenegro will attend: from Belgrade, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Prizren and
Bar. In Dubrovnik, the bishop’s body will be exhibited in the Church of St.
Michael on the island of Lapad from 2 to 4 p.m. after which a requiem mass
and the burial will be conducted. ?Bishop Ivo Gugif was born in Vela Luka
on the island of Kor ula on March 2, 1920. He was ordained to the
priesthood in 1944 in Dubrovnik, where he was a teacher of religion and
administrator of the parish of Sv. Mihailj on the island of Lapad. On
August 13, 1961, he was ordained as a bishop and served as the auxiliary
bishop of Dubrovnik. In 1967, he was appointed as the auxiliary bishop of
Split-Makarska with the see in Trogir. In 1983, he was appointed bishop of
Kotor, remaining in this position until April 1996 when the new bishop of
Kotor, Msgr. Ilija Janjif, was appointed. (d06020hr/sf)
