Christian Gostečnik

Christian Gostečnik, OFM (born 1 May 1955) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic priest. He is a member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, and a theologian, clinical psychologist, and marriage-and-family therapist.

He was dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Ljubljana. He is a director of Franciscan Family Institute in Ljubljana (; FDI).

Biography Gostečnik was born in Šmihel nad Mozirjem, Slovenia. After he entered the Franciscan order, he started studying at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana, where he graduated in 1983.

He was then sent to United States for further studies and also as a member of Slovenian-American Parish in Lemont, Illinois. Gostečnik was also instrumental in establishment of Slovenian Catholic Mission in Lemont in 1994.

In 1995 he returned to Ljubljana, Slovenia

During his academic career he "developed an innovative approach to marriage and family therapy called: Relational family therapy".