Ivan Prenđa (31 December 1939 in Gornji Zemunik – 25 January 2010 in

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archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar,

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to the priesthood on 29 June 1964, for the Zadar Archdiocese, Prenđa was appointed

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of the archdiocese on 29 March 1990 and was ordained into that office on 9 June 1990. Archbishop Prenđa became the archbishop of Zadar on 6 February 1996.

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