Juraj Jezerinac

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Juraj Jezerinac
Ordinary Emeritus of
Military Ordinariate of Croatia
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Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed25 April 1997
Term ended30 November 2015
Predecessornew creation
Successor Jure Bogdan
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Strumnitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb (1991–1997)
Orders
Ordination26 June 1966 (Priest)
Consecration8 June 1991 (Bishop)
by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić
Personal details
Born
Juraj Jezerinac

(1939-04-23) 23 April 1939 (age 84)
Alma mater University of Zagreb

Bishop Juraj Jezerinac (born 23 April 1939) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Titular Bishop of Strumnitza and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb from 11 April 1991 until 25 April 1997 and the first Ordinary of the new created Military Ordinariate of Croatia since 25 April 1997 until his retirement on 30 November 2015.

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Education

Bishop Jezerinac was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Mijo and Barica (née Bradica) near Krašić in the Central Croatia.

After graduation a classical gymnasium in Šalata, Zagreb, he consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, [1] and was ordained as priest on 26 June 1966 for his native the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb, [2] in Zagreb, after completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Pastoral work

Fr. Jezerinac from 1967 to 1969 served as chaplain in Nova Gradiška, and from 1969 to 1971 he was the parish priest in Završje  [ hr ]. From 1971 to 1980 he served as parish priest in the newly established parish of the Heart of Mary in Sesvetski Kraljevec. He then went to Canada where he performed the following services: from 1980 to 1985 he was chaplain of the Croatian parish of Our Lady the Queen of Croats in Toronto; from 1985 to 1986 parish administrator in Oakville, and from 1986 to 1988 chaplain in Hamilton. From 1988 to 1991 he was parish priest of the Croatian parish in Oakville. [1]

On 11 April 1991, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. On 8 June 1991, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stephen of Hungary in Zagreb. [2] A six years later, on 25 April 1997, he become the first Ordinary of the new created Military Ordinariate of Croatia. [1]

Retired on 30 November 2015, after reached age limit of 75 years old.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mons. Juraj Jezerinac, vojni ordinarij u miru". Official Website of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia (in Croatian). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bishop Juraj Jezerinac". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Strumnitza
1991–1997
Succeeded by
New title Ordinary of Military Ordinariate of Croatia
1997–2015
Succeeded by