Bishop Valter Župan (born 10 August 1938) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Krk since 31 January 1998 until his retirement on 24 January 2015.
Bishop Župan was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Guido and Ivka (née Hrončić) in the island of Lošinj, that at that time was part of the Kingdom of Italy.
After graduation and classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in Zadar, he was admitted to the Major Seminary in Pazin,[1] and was ordained as priest on July 8, 1962 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies.
[1] On January 31, 1998, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk.
On March 15, 1998, he was consecrated as bishop by his predecessor, Archbishop Josip Bozanić and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krk.