Pavao Zorčić
Pavao Zorčić, O.S.B.M. (c.1620 – 23 January 1685) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the titular bishop of Plataea and Vicar Apostolic of Marča from 1671 to 1685.
Life[]
He was born in Sveti Ivan Žabno, Habsburg's Kingdom of Croatia (present-day Croatia) around 1620. As a young person he joined a monastery in Ivanić-Grad and was an author of an apology about unity with the Holy See.[1]
He was appointed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 20 November 1671, and consecrated to the Episcopate on January 1672. The principal consecrator was Archbishop .[2]
He died in Marča (present-day Stara Marča in Zagreb County, Croatia) on 23 January 1685.
References[]
- ^ Jačov, Marko (1998). Le missioni cattoliche nei Balcani tra le due grandi guerre: Candia (1645-1669), Vienna e Morea (1683-1699). Vatican. pp. 92–93.
- ^ "Bishop Paulus Zorčić, O.S.B.M." catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-06-28.
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