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Croatian Bishops' Conference
The Croatian Bishops' Conference ( hr, Hrvatska biskupska konferencija; la, Conferentia Episcoporum Croatiae) (HBK) is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Croatia. The Conference was founded on May 15, 1993 after Croatia regained its independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, which consequentially led to the abolition of the Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia. HBK is composed of all active and retired bishops; currently 32 (20 active, 11 retired, 1 military ordinary). History During the breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatia declared its independence on June 25, 1991. The Holy See recognized Croatia on January 13, 1992. Croatian bishops made a proposal for the establishment of the Croatian Bishops' Conference. On May 15, 1993, the Holy See issued a decree by which it established governing body for the Croatian dioceses-Croatian Bishops' Conference. Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Franjo Kuharić, was elected as a first Conference President. The HBK ...
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Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ...
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Želimir Puljić
Želimir Puljić (7 March 1947) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar, Croatia. Puljić is president of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia since 2012. Ordained to the priesthood on 24 March 1974, for the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, Puljić was appointed Bishop Dubrovnik on 7 December 1989 and was ordained into that office on 14 January 1990. Bishop Puljić became the archbishop of Zadar on 15 March 2010. In October 2010, Archbishop Puljić, following up on the wish of his predecessor, conveyed a small silver reliquary containing a portion of the relics of Saint Simeon to Archbishop Theofylactus of Jordan, representative of Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, for the monastery of Saint Simeon the Godbearer in Katamon, Jerusalem. It is popularly believed that the relics of Saint Simeon, one of the patron saints of Zadar, lie in the Church of Saint Simeon, in Zadar. Puljić is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts The ...
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Ivan Ćurić (bishop)
Bishop Ivan Ćurić (born 1 December 1964) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Đakovo-Osijek since 11 March 2019. Life Bishop Ćurić was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Ante and Pavka (née Kolak) in the Eastern Croatia. After graduated a primary school in 1979, he began his priestly formation, first at the Interdiocesan Minor Seminary in Zagreb, and later in Đakovo. After his compulsory military service in Banja Luka, he entered the Major Theological Seminary in Đakovo in 1984 and began his philosophical and theological studies, which he continued at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy in 1987, as a student at the Pontifical Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum, and was ordained as deacon on 11 March 1989 and priest on 29 June 1990 for the Diocese of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, while completing his master's degree in philosophy. After his return from Italy, Fr. Ćurić a short time s ...
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Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majority of the population in Serbia, Montenegro and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina are members of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is organized into metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitanates and eparchies, located primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia. Other congregations are located in the Serb diaspora. The Serbian Patriarch serves as first among equals in his church. The current patriarch is Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Porfirije, enthroned on 19 February 2021. The Church achieved Autocephaly, autocephalous status in 1219, under the leadership of Saint Sava, becoming the independent Archbishopric of Žiča. Its status was elevated to that of a patriarchate in 1346, and was kn ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Đakovo-Osijek
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek ( hr, Đakovačko-osječka nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Diacovensis-Osijekensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia."Archdiocese of Ðakovo-Osijek"
''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Đakovo–Osijek"
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The archdiocese is centred on the city of ...
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Đuro Hranić
Đuro Hranić (born in Cerić, 20 March 1961) is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek. Early life and education Đuro Hranić was born in a small village of Cerić near Vinkovci on March 20, 1961 to Stjepan and Eva Hranić. He finished primary school in Cerić, after which he attended first two classes of gymnasium in Osijek, and last two at the Diocesan Gymnasium of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Đakovo (1975-1979). Hranić graduated in 1986 in philosophy and theology at the Đakovo Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Osijek. He gained his doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1993. Career Đuro Hranić was ordained as a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek on June 29, 1986. He served as parish vicar in Osijek (1986-1987), prefect of Đakovo seminary (1993-1996), professor of dogmatic theology at the Đakovo Catholic Theological Faculty (since 1993), assistant of laity st ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Zadar
The Archdiocese of Zadar ( hr, Zadarska nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Iadrensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic church in Croatia."Archdiocese of Zadar"
''GCatholic.org.'' Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
The diocese was established in the 3rd Century AD and was made an archdiocese by the in 1154. Today, it is not part of any of Croatia but is only Croatian archdiocese subjected directly to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Split-Makarska
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska ( hr, Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija; la, Archidioecesis Spalatensis-Macarscensis) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Croatia and Montenegro."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split-Makarska"
''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
"Archdiocese of Split-Makarska"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 25, 2016
The diocese was established in the 3r ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Zagreb
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb ( hr, Zagrebačka nadbiskupija, la, Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb. It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, and the present archbishop is Josip Bozanić.Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb
gcatholic.org. It encompasses the northwestern continental areas of Croatia.


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