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 Diocese of Srijem in Serbia since 18 June 2008. Previously he was a Titular Bishop of Mattiana and an Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem in Croatia from 5 July 1996 until 18 June 2008.

Education

Bishop Gašparović was born into a 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 Diocese of Đakovo or Bosnia and Syrmia by Bishop

Ćiril Kos Bishop Ćiril Kos (19 November 1919 – 6 July 2003) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem since 6 February 1974 until his retirement on 6 February 1997. He also was a political pri ...

, after completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Later career

After his ordination Fr. Gašparović a short time served as an assistant priest in

Srijem Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...

(1977), a chaplain in Ruma (1977–1978) and parish priest in Irig (1978–1979). After that he transferred to Italy and while resided in the

Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome The Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome ( hr, Papinski hrvatski zavod svetog Jeronima; it, Pontificio Collegio Croato Di San Girolamo a Roma; la, Pontificium Collegium Croaticum Sancti Hieronymi) is a Catholic Church, Catholic college, chur ...

in Rome, studied the

Liturgics Liturgics, also called liturgical studies or liturgiology, is the academic discipline dedicated to the study of liturgy Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer sp ...

at the

Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm The Anselmianum, also known as the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm ( it, Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo; ) is a pontifical university in Rome associated with the Benedictines. It offers courses in philosophy, theology, liturgy, monastic studi ...

(1979–1981) and the Canon Law,

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and International Law at the Pontifical Lateran University (1979–1982). Also in the same time he served as the Vice-rector and Econom of the

(1980–1992) and an Official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Vatican (1992–1996).

Prelate

On July 5, 1996, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as an Auxiliary Bishop of Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem and Titular Bishop of Mattiana. On October 5, 1996, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Đakovo. On July 15, 1999 the Holy See gave him a special authority to govern the Serbian part of the Diocese of Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem and on October 1, 1999 he was nomined as a Vicar General for

with the residence in Petrovaradin. Nine years later, on June 18, 2008 he become the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly reestablished Diocese of Srijem and hence – a member of the International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gašparović, Đuro 1951 births Living people People from Stara Pazova Croats of Vojvodina Croats of Serbia Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm alumni Pontifical Lateran University alumni Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Serbia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia