Bishop Mile Bogović (7 August 1939 – 19 December 2020) was a Croatian

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prelate who served as a Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of

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from 4 June 1999 until 25 May 2000 and the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Gospić-Senj since 25 May 2000 until his retirement on 4 April 2016.

Education

Bishop Bogović was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Mijo and Manda (née Piršić) near

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in the Central Croatia. After graduation at a primary school in

and a classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in

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, he was admitted to the Major Seminary here and consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the

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, where he studied until 1964, and was ordained as

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on July 5, 1964 for the Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija, after completing his philosophical and theological studies. After the short two years interval for the pastoral work, Fr. Bogović continued his studies at the

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from 1966 until 1971 with a

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of the

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degree.

Pastoral work

Fr. Bogović served as the parish priest in Krivi Put and at the same time the chaplain in

(1964–1966). After his return from studies in

, he performed the following duties: he was the personal assistant of Archbishop Viktor Burić, rector of the Theological Faculty at the

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, parish priest in Praputnjak near

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of the

and professor of a

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at the

Bishop

On 4 June 1999 he was appointed by

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as an Auxiliary Bishop of the

. On 29 June 1999 he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop

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and other prelates of the

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in the St. Vid Cathedral in

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. One year later, on 25 May 2000, he became the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Gospić-Senj. He retired on 4 April 2016, after he reached age limit of 75 years old. Bogović died from

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during the

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on 19 December 2020.

References

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