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

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(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

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, he made the maturity exam at the lyceum of the Theological College in

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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

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on March 6, 1960 for his native Roman Catholic Diocese of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem. Fr. Srakić continued his studies at the

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with a Doctor of the Moral theology degree.

Pastoral and educational life

After completed his education, Fr. Srakić made the following services: from 1960 to 1961 he was a spiritual assistant in

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; from 1961 to 1965 was a parish administrator in

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; from 1965 to 1967 and from 1970 to 1973 an educator at the Theological Seminary in

; from 1977 to 1989 rector of the Major Theological Seminary in

; from 1966 to 1967 and from 1970 to 1999 Professor of Moral Theology at the Theological College in Đakovo, later Theology in Đakovo, a field study of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb.

Prelate

On February 2, 1990, he was appointed by

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as an Auxiliary Bishop of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem and Titular Bishop of

. On March 24, 1990, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić and other prelates of the

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in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in

. He was appointed as a

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of this Diocese (1990–1997) and consequently was appointed as a

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of this Diocese on February 10, 1996, and succeeded as the Diocesan Bishop on February 6, 1997. At the session of the

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in Gospić on October 18, 2007, he was elected president of the Conference and held that position for a quinquennium until November 2012. Retired on April 18, 2013, after reached age limit of 75 years old.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Srakić, Marin 1937 births Living people People from Osijek-Baranja County University of Zagreb alumni Pontifical Lateran University alumni 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Croatia Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II