Marko Perić ( cnr, Марко Перић; 14 October 1926 – 5 June 1983) was a Montenegrin prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the

bishop of Kotor The Diocese of Kotor ( cnr, Которска бискупија, Kotorska biskupija; hr, Kotorska biskupija; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Bay of Kotor and Municipality of Budva area in ...

from 1981 until 1983. A native of Mostar, Perić was ordained a priest in 1952. After holding several priestly duties, he was appointed a secretary of bishop

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of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan. At the same time, he served both as general vicar and general provicar. Čule's successor

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also named him general vicar in 1980, a post he retained until his appointment as the bishop of Kotor in 1981.

Biography

Perić was born in Donji Jasenjani near Mostar in the parish of Bijelo Polje, at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, to a family with nine children – four brothers and five sisters. He attended the elementary school of the Franciscan sisters in Bijelo Polje near Mostar from 1934 to 1938. Afterward, in 1938, he enrolled at the gymnasium in Travnik, where he studied until 7th grade which he finished in 1945. He continued his last high school grade only in 1947 in

Šalata Šalata () is an upper-class residential neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is administratively part of the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district in the northern part of Zagreb and it has a population of 1,929. Šalata houses the Šalata Spo ...

, Zagreb, where he graduated in 1948. In 1949, Perić entered the

Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb Catholic Faculty of Theology is a faculty of the University of Zagreb specialised for philosophical-theological study that was established in 1669. History The Catholic Faculty of Theology has its roots in philosophical-theological studies s ...

, and graduated in 1953. There, he also earned his master's degree in 1954 and Ph.D. in 1966. Perić was ordained a priest of the

Diocese of Mostar-Duvno The Diocese of Mostar-Duvno ( la, Dioecesis Mandentriensis-Dulminiensis) is a particular church of the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It encompasses northern Herzegovina. The episcopal seat is in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I ...

on 29 June 1952 in Zagreb. At first, he served as a spiritual assistant in Bijelo Polje and Drežnica until 1953. Then, in 1954, he was appointed a chaplain in

Rašeljke Rašeljke is a village in the municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovin ...

near

Duvno Tomislavgrad (), also known by its former name Duvno (), is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It mainly covers an area of the historical and geographica ...

. Afterward, he served as a parson in Vinica near Ljubuški from 1954 to 1956 and in Šipovača, also near Ljubuški, from 1956 to 1957. He was appointed a secretary of bishop

, a post he held from 1958 to 1980. At the same time, from 1970 to 1971, Perić was a general vicar of the dioceses of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje-Mrkan. Afterward, he was general provicar with the powers of general vicar from 1971 to 1980. In 1972, Pope Paul VI granted him the title of monsignor. After Čule's retirement, Perić was appointed general vicar of his successor

, and served as such from 1980 to 1981. On 29 April 1981, Perić was appointed by Pope John Paul II to become the first

after the vacancy of over 30 years. His episcopal consecration took place in

Kotor Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Tryphon ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Katedrala Svetog Tripuna, Катедрала Светог Трипуна) in Kotor, Montenegro is one of two Roman Catholic cathedrals in Montenegro. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic ...

on 26 July 1981. Perić died in Rome on 5 June 1983.

Works

Perić's capital work is ''Hercegovačka afera'' (Herzegovina Affair), complied between 1965 and 1977, and published posthumously in 2002. His book deals with

Herzegovina Affair Herzegovina Affair ( hr, Hercegovačka afera) or Herzegovina Case ( hr, Hercegovački slučaj) refers to a conflict between the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina and the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno over the redistribution of parishes in the said dioce ...

, a historical dispute between the

Franciscan Province of Herzegovina Franciscan Province of Herzegovina of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a province of the Catholic religious order of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as Franciscans. It was established in 1843 when it seceded from the Franciscan ...

and the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno. He also published numerous other works.

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