Military Ordinariate of Croatia

Military Ordinariate of Croatia Vojni ordinarijat u Republici Hrvatskoj
Military Ordinariate building in Zagreb
Location
Country	Croatia
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 April 1997 (28 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Jure Bogdan
Bishops emeritus	Juraj Jezerinac
Website
www.vojni-ordinarijat.hr

The Military Ordinariate of Croatia (Croatian : Vojni ordinarijat u Republici Hrvatskoj) is a military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Croatian Armed Forces and their families.

History

The military ordinariate was established by Pope John Paul II on 25 April 1997. ^[1]

Military ordinaries

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Start	End	Duration
1		Juraj Jezerinac (1939–)	25 April 1997 [2]	27 February 2016 [3]	18 years, 308 days
2		Jure Bogdan (1955–)	27 February 2016 [3]	Present	9 years, 186 days

See also

• Catholic Church in Croatia
• List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia

• Catholicism portal

References

1. "Povijest Vojnog ordinarijata u Republici Hrvatskoj" (in Croatian). Military Ordinariate of Croatia. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
2. "Msgr. Juraj Jezerinac, vojni biskup u miru" (in Croatian). Military Ordinariate of Croatia. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
3. "Zaređen novi vojni biskup mons. Jure Bogdan" (in Croatian). Croatian Ministry of Defence . Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

• Vojni ordinarijat u Republici Hrvatskoj (Official website in Croatian)
• Military Ordinariate of Croatia (Catholic-Hierarchy)
• Vojni ordinarijat u Republici Hrvatskoj (Croatia) (GCatholic.org)

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