Bishop Ivan Ćurić (born 1 December 1964) is a
Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the
Đakovo-Osijek since 11 March 2019.
Life
Bishop Ćurić was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Ante and Pavka (née Kolak) in the Eastern Croatia. After graduated a primary school in 1979, he began his priestly formation, first at the Interdiocesan Minor Seminary in
Zagreb, and later in
Đakovo. After his compulsory military service in
Banja Luka, he entered the Major Theological Seminary in
Đakovo in 1984 and began his philosophical and theological studies, which he continued at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in
Rome,
Italy in 1987, as a student at the Pontifical
Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum,
and was ordained as
deacon on 11 March 1989 and
priest on 29 June 1990 for the
Diocese of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem,
while completing his master's degree in philosophy.
After his return from Italy, Fr. Ćurić a short time served as an assistant priest in
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
and a prefect in the Major Theological Seminary in
Đakovo (1991–1992) and continued his studies at the
Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome
The Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome ( hr, Papinski hrvatski zavod svetog Jeronima; it, Pontificio Collegio Croato Di San Girolamo a Roma; la, Pontificium Collegium Croaticum Sancti Hieronymi) is a Catholic Church, Catholic college, chur ...
in
Rome (1993–1996). After returning from studies the second time, he performed the following services: vice-rector of the Major Theological Seminary (1996–2007) in Đakovo, parish priest in
Brodski Varoš
Brodski Varoš is a village in municipality of Slavonski Brod in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The town is notable for being the birthplace of Đuro Đaković, a prominent labor rights activist and communist revolutionary in Yugoslavia between tw ...
(2007–2011), Dean of the
Slavonski Brod Deanery (2010–2011), Rector of the Major Theological Seminary (2011–2013). Meanwhile, he had other assignments: head of the Diocesan Press Office (2002–2007) and a member of the
presbyteral council (2011-2019). In 2013 he was appointed as a
Vicar General of
Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.
On 11 March 2019 he was appointed by
Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek and Titular Bishop of Tela. On 22 April 2019 he was
consecrated
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as bishop by Archbishop
Đuro Hranić
Đuro Hranić (born in Cerić, 20 March 1961) is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.
Early life and education
Đuro Hranić was born in a small village of Cerić near Vinkovci on March 20, 1961 to Stjepan a ...
and other prelates of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in
Đakovo.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ćurić, Ivan
1964 births
Living people
People from Slavonski Brod
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis