Zdenko Križić
Mons. Zdenko Križić, O.C.D. | |
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Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospić-Senj | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 4 April 2016 |
Predecessor | Mile Bogović |
Successor | Incumbent |
Other post(s) | Rector of the Teresianum (2012–2016) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 26 June 1977 (Priest) |
Consecration | 25 May 2016 (Bishop) by Cardinal Josip Bozanić |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Ivan Križić |
Born | Johovac, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Bosnia and Hercegovina) | 2 February 1953
Alma mater | Teresianum |
Bishop Zdenko Ivan Križić, O.C.D. (born 2 February 1953) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who currently serves as the second Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospić-Senj since 4 April 2016.
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Education[]
Bishop Križić was born into a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic family near Doboj in the Bosnia and was baptized with a name Ivan.
After graduation of the secondary school of the Conventual Franciscans in Zagreb, he joined a mendicant order of the Discalced Carmelites and after the novitiate consequently studied the philosophy in Florence, Italy and theology in the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome. He made a profession on 27 July 1970 and a solemn profession on 16 July 1976 in Zagreb,[1] and was ordained as priest on 26 June 1977,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies. Fr. Križić continued his studies of spirituality at the Teresianum, where he received his master's degree in 1978.
Pastoral and educational work[]
Fr. Zdenko held numerous positions: Prefect of the Minor Seminary of the Carmelite Fathers in Zagreb (1978–1984); first adviser to the Carmelite Commissariat (1984–1990); prior of the monastery in Remete-Zagreb (1984–1990); external professor at the Institute for Christian Spirituality in Zagreb (1984–2012); Provincial of the Croatian Carmelite Province of Saint Joseph the Father (1990–1996); Vicar of the Province (1996-2002); prior of the monastery in Remete, Zagreb (1996–1997); prior of the newly founded monastery in Krk (1997–2002); master of novices (1997–1999); Provincial of the Croatian Carmelite Province (2002–2003); Vicar General of the Order of Carmel (2003–2009); prior of the monastery in Krk and provincial advisor (2011–2012); since 2012 he has been the rector of the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome until his election as bishop.[1]
Prelate[]
On 4 April 2016 he was appointed by Pope Francis as the second Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Gospić-Senj. On 25 May 2016 he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Josip Bozanić and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Gospić.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mons. Zdenko Križić, biskup gospićko – senjski". Official Website of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bishop Zdenko Križić, O.C.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Doboj
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Teresianum alumni
- Discalced Carmelite bishops
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia