After finishing primary school, which he attended in Vojnik and graduation a classical gymnasium in Celje in 1962, he was admitted to the Major Theological Seminary in Ljubljana and in the same time joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, where studied from 1962 until 1968[2] and was ordained as priest on June 29, 1968 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maribor,[3] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Later he continued his postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Atheneum of Saint Anselm in Rome, Italy with a Doctor of Theology degree in the camp of a liturgical science in 1976.

[1] On March 15, 2010, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the second Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje.

On April 24, 2010, he was consecrated as bishop by Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of Saint Prophet Daniel in Celje.

[2] Bishop Lipovšek retired on September 18, 2018 after reaching of the age limit of 75 years old.