Georgius Parchich (, , ; 1658–1703) was a

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prelate who served as Bishop of Nona (1690–1703).

Biography

Georgius Parchich was born in Sebenico (Šibenik),

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(now

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) on 28 April 1658. On 8 May 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Nona (). On 4 June 1690, he was consecrated bishop by

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with Francesco Martelli,

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of ''Corinthus'', and Victor Augustinus Ripa,

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, serving as co-consecrators. During his office, he informed Rome on the large community of Orthodox in his bishopric, and sought for Rome to send missionaries to Catholicise ( Uniatise) them. He called the inhabitants of Budin (a former settlement in Posedarje area) the "worst Schismatic rthodoxpeople". When notable ''

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'' Ilija Janković Mitrović died in 1692, Parchich came to his funeral at

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, despite the fact that Mitrović was Orthodox and not Catholic. The local

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priest forbade Parchich to carry out a

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, of which he informed the

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on 8 July 1692. In his April 1693 report, Parchich registered 5,486 Roman Catholics and 7,363 Orthodox people in the territory of the bishopric of Nin. The Catholics had 21 priests while the Orthodox had 15. He served as Bishop of Nona until his death in February 1703. He was styled "Eminentiarum Vestrarum Humillimus Addictissimus, et Obseqentissimus Servus Georgius Parchich, Episcopus Nonensis".

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