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Živko Kustić

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Živko Kustić
Born 12 December 1930
Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died 19 July 2014 (aged 83)
Zagreb, Croatia
Alma mater University of Zagreb
Occupation Writer

Živko Kustić (12 December 1930 – 19 July 2014) was a Croatian journalist and writer. Kustić studied mathematics, physics, and theology at the University of Zagreb before being ordained as a priest of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia in Žumberak in 1958. He was the editor of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb-published weekly Glas Koncila from 1963 until 1990. In 1993, Kustić was appointed the first editor-in-chief of the Information Catholic Agency established by the Episcopal Conference of Croatia. He held the position until 1999. Kustić died in Zagreb in 2014.[1] During the Croatian Spring, among many others, Kustić was accused of stirring up Croatian nationalist views.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Kustić, Živko". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. Back to citation Batović, Ante (2017). The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression and Foreign Policy Under Tito. London: I. B. Tauris. pp. 132–134. ISBN 978-1-78453-927-6.