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Fr.
Zvonimir Kutleša
Fr.
Zvonimir was born January 2, 1939 in Prisoje near Tomislavgrad
where he finished grade school and graduated high school in
Visoko. He joined the Franciscan Order in 1959 in Kraljeva
Sutjeska. He studied philosophy and theology in Sarajevo and
Ljubljana. Fr. Zvonimir was ordained on July 10, 1967 in Sarajevo.
He immigrated to the United States in 1967 and spent some
time in Dayton, Ohio. He was associate pastor at St. Mary's
Parish in Steelton (1968-1971) and at Sacred Heart in Chicago
(1971-1976). Fr. Zvonimir was then named pastor at St. Francis
in Windsor (1976-1995). where he built a new church, hall
and rectory. He was then pastor at St. Jerome's in Chicago
(1995-1997). Since 1997 he has been pastor at Holy Family
in Kitchener, and since July 2004 in London. On two different
occasions he was on the Custodial Board (1979-1982; 1982-1985).
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