Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 June 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Matjaz Kriznar, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Ljubljana, as the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Slovenia for a five-year term (2016-2021).
The new National Director is 53 years old. He has held several positions in his Archdiocese.He is the parish priest in Jarse, on the outskirts of Ljubljana. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 03/05/2017)