Bishop Roko Glasnović (born 2 July 1978) is a Croatian
Roman Catholic prelate who currently serves as a Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik since 30 November 2021.
Early life and education
Bishop Glasnović was born into a
Kosovo Croat
Janjevci (, sq, Janjevët, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Janjevci, Јањевци) or Kosovo Croats ( sq, Kroatët e Kosovës, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kosovski Hrvati, Косовски Хрвати) are the Croat community in Kosovo, i ...
,
Roman Catholic family of Nikola Glasnović and Marija () in
Šibenik.
After graduation the primary school in
Janjevo
Janjevo () or Janjevë (in Albanian) is a village or small town in the Lipljan municipality in eastern Kosovo.
The settlement has a long history, having been mentioned for the first time in 1303 as a Catholic parish. The town was prior to the K ...
in
Kosovo (1985–1990) and in
Šibenik (1990–1993), he attended the Technical High School in Šibenik (1993–1997) and studied at the Faculty of Law at the
University of Split for one year (1998–1999), and consequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in
Split and in the same time to the
University of Split, where studied until 2005,
and was ordained as
priest on 5 July 2005 for the
Diocese of Šibenik,
after completed his philosophical and theological studies. From 2005 until 2008 he continued his studies of the pastoral theology at the
Pontifical Lateran University in
Rome,
Italy.
Pastoral work
After returned from Rome, Fr. Glasnović served a parish priest in the parish of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Njivice,
Šibenik (2008–2009). Since 2008 he has been the Commissioner for the Pastoral Care of Marriage and the Family, and since 2009 the Bishop's Personal Secretary. He managed the parish of St. Margarita in
Jadrtovac (2014–2017) and the parishes of St. Peter in
Kaprije
Kaprije ( it, Capri di Dalmazia) is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. It is situated in Šibenik archipelago. It has area of
and population of 189, in the eponymous single settlement on the island. The island is composed of hi ...
and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on
Žirje (2017–2019). Since 2012 he has been a member of the
Episcopal Conference of Croatia
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 it ...
Council for Life and Family, and since 2017 he has been an econom of the
Diocese of Šibenik, director of the Catholic School Center and head of the Diocesan Office for Schools.
Prelate
On 30 November 2021, he was appointed by
Pope Francis as a Diocesan Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik and on 22 January 2022, he was consecrated as bishop by prelates of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in
Dubrovnik.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Croatian people of Kosovan descent
People from Šibenik
University of Split alumni
Pontifical Lateran University alumni
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia