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Franjo Kuharić
Franjo Kuharić (15 April 1919 – 11 March 2002) was a Croatian Catholic cardinal, who served as the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997. The cardinal was often referred to as the "Rock of Croatia" known for his defense of human rights and his urgings of peace and forgiveness during the independence conflict and the Bosnian War. Kuharić was also a vocal supporter of the cause for the canonization of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac (who had ordained him as a priest in 1945) and worked to rehabilitate the image of the cardinal during his episcopate while working towards Stepinac's 1998 beatification held in Zagreb. His cause for canonization commenced on 11 March 2012 and he has been titled as a Servant of God. Life Franjo Kuharić was born on 15 April 1919 in Pribić as the thirteenth and final child born to his poor parents Ivan Kuharić and Ana Blažić. In 1934, he began his theological and philosophical education at the archdiocesan classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Eminence
His Eminence (abbreviation H.Em. or H.E. or HE) is a style (manner of address), style of reference for high nobility, still in use in various religious contexts. Catholicism The style remains in use as the official style or standard form of address in reference to a cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Catholic Church, reflecting his status as a Prince of the Church. A longer, and more formal, title is "His (or Your when addressing the cardinal directly) Most Reverend Eminence". Patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches who are also cardinals may be addressed as "His Eminence" or by the style particular to Catholic patriarchs, His Beatitude. When the Grand master (order), Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the head of state of their sovereign territorial state comprising the island of Malta until 1797, who had already been made a Reichsfürst (i.e., prince of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1607, became (in terms of honorary order of precedence, not in the act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antun Škvorčević
Antun Škvorčević (born 8 May 1947) is a Croatian bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Požega. Early life and education Antun Škvorčević was born in a small village of Davor on 8 May 1947 to Ivan and Ljubičica Škvorčević. He enrolled in primary school in Davor, and Zagreb, eventually graduating in Slavonski Brod, after which he attended high school (Classical catholic gymnasium) for future priests on Šalata in Zagreb. Škvorčević graduated from Zagreb Catholic Theological Faculty, where he also gained his master's degree, after which he went to Rome for additional specialization. In 1981 he gained his doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In addition, he graduated liturgy from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Liturgy. Career Antun Škvorčević was ordered for a priest of the Archdiocese of Zagreb on June 25, 1972. After ordination, he worked as a chaplain in the parish of St. Joseph in Zagreb (1972-1976), lecturer at the Zagreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ante Ivas
Bishop Ante Ivas (born 26 December 1939) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Šibenik since 5 February 1997 until his retirement on 3 June 2016. Education Bishop Ivas was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Stjepan and Iva (née Birin) in Vodice near Šibenik. After graduation a primary school in his native Vodice and a classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in Zadar, he consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, where he studied until 1964, and was ordained as priest on July 5, 1964 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Šibenik, after completed his philosophical and theological studies. Pastoral work Fr. Ivas served as the assistant priest in the cathedral parish in Šibenik (1964–1966). Thereafter he served as a parish priest in several parishes: from 1966 to 1977 in Šibenik - Njivice; from 1977 to 1980 in Grebaštica; from 1980 to 1992 in Murter, and then in Zaton and . From 1988 he served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đuro Gašparović
Bishop Đuro Gašparović ( sr-cyr, Ђуро Гашпаровић; born 20 June 1951) is a Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly reestablished Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem, Diocese of Srijem in Serbia since 18 June 2008. Previously he was a Titular Bishop of Mattiana and an Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem, Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem in Croatia from 5 July 1996 until 18 June 2008. Education Bishop Gašparović was born into a Croats of Serbia, Vojvodina Croats Roman Catholic family of Antun and Ruža () near Stara Pazova. After graduation from the school in his native town in 1966 and the classical gymnasium in the Minor Interdiocesan Seminary in Zagreb in 1968, he made the maturity exam at the Lyceum in Đakovo in 1970 and consequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in Đakovo, were he studied from 1972 until 1977, and was ordained as priest on June 29, 1977 for the Roman Catholic Archdioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratko Perić
Ratko Perić (born 2 February 1944) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1993 until his retirement in 2020. After his retirement in July 2020, he briefly served as the apostolic administrator of both dioceses until the installment of his successor Petar Palić in September 2020. Two issues, inherited from his predecessors, marked his episcopate: the Herzegovina Affair and the question of the alleged apparitions in Medjugorje. Regarding the first issue, the division of parishes between the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina and the diocese, Perić insisted on the implementation of ''Romanis Pontificibus'', which decreed that Franciscans are ought to handover several parishes in Herzegovina. The parishes in question remained occupied by the Franciscans, with friars holding them being expelled from the Franciscan Order and banned from doing their priestly duties. Regarding the alleged appariti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Culej
Bishop Marko Culej (19 January 1938 – 19 August 2006) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Varaždin from 5 July 1997 until his death on 19 August 2006. Previously he served as a Titular Bishop of Limata and an Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb since 7 January 1992 until 5 July 1997. Education Bishop Culej was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Petar and Josipa (née Bočkal) near Zlatar in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region as a one among six their children. After graduation the primary school in Belac in 1949, he continued the classical gymnasium in the Inter-Diocesan Minor Seminary in Zagreb, he consequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in Zagreb and in the same time the University of Zagreb in 1957. The next year he must interrupted his studies for the compulsory service in the Yugoslavian Army (1958–1959), and returned to his priesthood formation in the sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Jezerinac
Bishop Juraj Jezerinac (born 23 April 1939) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Titular Bishop of Strumnitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb from 11 April 1991 until 25 April 1997 and the first Ordinary of the new created Military Ordinariate of Croatia since 25 April 1997 until his retirement on 30 November 2015. Education Bishop Jezerinac was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Mijo and Barica (née Bradica) near Krašić in the Central Croatia. After graduation a classical gymnasium in Šalata, Zagreb, he consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, and was ordained as priest on June 26, 1966 for his native the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, in Zagreb, after completed his philosophical and theological studies. Pastoral work Fr. Jezerinac from 1967 to 1969 served as chaplain in Nova Gradiška, and from 1969 to 1971 he was the parish priest in . From 1971 to 1980 he served as parish priest in the newly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Prenđa
Ivan Prenđa (31 December 1939 in Gornji Zemunik – 25 January 2010 in Zagreb) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar, Croatia. Ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1964, for the Zadar Archdiocese, Prenđa was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coad ... of the archdiocese on 29 March 1990 and was ordained into that office on 9 June 1990. Archbishop Prenđa became the archbishop of Zadar on 6 February 1996. Notes External links 1939 births 2010 deaths Arbanasi people 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Croatia Archbishops of Zadar 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Croatia {{Croatia-RC-archbishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Srakić
Archbishop Marin Srakić (born 6 July 1937) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem and the Titular Bishop of Cercina (1990–1996), and after that, as a Coadjutor Bishop (1996–1997), a Diocesan Bishop (1997–2008) and the first Archbishop of Đakovo-Osijek since 2008, until his retirement in 2013. Education Archbishop Srakić was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Marko and Katja (née Orešković) in the present-day Osijek-Baranja County. After graduation the Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium in Šalata in Zagreb, he made the maturity exam at the lyceum of the Theological College in Đakovo and consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, where completed his studies with a Licentiate of the Theology degree, and was ordained as priest on March 6, 1960 for his native Roman Catholic Diocese of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem. Fr. Srakić continued his studies at the Pontifical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Tamarut
Archbishop Anton Tamarut (1 December 1932 – 28 June 2000) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Diocesan Bishop of Šibenik (1986–1987), and after that, as a Coadjutor Archbishop (1987–1990) and an Archbishop of Rijeka since 1990 until his death in 2000. Education Archbishop Tamarut was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family in the north of the island of Pag in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. After graduation of the primary school in his native town Novalja, he continued his education at the Archbishop's Minor Seminary in Zagreb, and at the classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in Pazin. He consequently studied at the Major Theological Seminaries in Rijeka and Pazin from 1953 to 1957, and was ordained as priest on June 29, 1957 in his hometown, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk, after completed his philosophical and theological studies. Pastoral and educational life After his ordination Fr. Tamarut served as an assistant parish priest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
