Vinko Zubranić or Vinko Čubranić (28 January 1802 – 15 November 1870) was a Croatian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who served as the
bishop of Kotor
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from 1854 until 1856 and the
bishop of Dubrovnik
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Krk
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, at the time part of the
Napoleon
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's
Kingdom of Italy
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. He studied theology in
Padua
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where he earned his PhD. From 1824 he served as a lecturer at the Biblical Theological Study in
Zadar
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, until 1836 when he was appointed a canon. From 1843 until 1852, Zubarić served as capitular preposit of the cathedral in
Kotor
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, and after that as capitular vicar of the Diocese of Kotor from 1852 until 1854.
On 14 December 1853, Zubarić was nominated for the position of bishop of Kotor and was confirmed by Rome on 7 April 1854. He was consecrated in Kotor by Bishop Toma Jederlinić of
Dubrovnik
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on 15 October. Zubarić served as an ordinary of Kotor only for a brief time, until being nominated the bishop of
bishop of Dubrovnik
The Diocese of Dubrovnik ( hr, Dubrovačka biskupija); or Ragusa ( la, Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Croatia.Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan in the
Ottoman Empire
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. As the apostolic administrator, Zubarić tried to resolve a number of issues in the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan, incurred by the Ottoman administration and lack of priests. For this reason, he tried to introduce Franciscans in the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan after the Jesuits left the Diocese. He also opposed the proposal of the apostolic visitor, the Jesuit V. Basileo, that the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan should have its own ordinary.
In 1869, Zubarić participated at the
First Vatican Council
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