Marin Barišić

Archbishop
Marin Barišić
Msgr.
Archbishop of Split-Makarska
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska
See Split
Appointed 21 June 2000
Installed 26 August 2000
Predecessor Ante Jurić
Other posts Titular Bishop of the Diocese of Ferad Maggiore
Auxiliary bishop of Split-Makarska
Orders
Ordination 14 July 1974
by Ivo Gugić
Consecration 3 August 1993
by Ante Jurić
Personal details
Birth name Marin Barišić
Born (1947-03-24) 24 March 1947
Vidonje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Nationality Croatian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater Pontifical Lateran University
Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto Oče naš
Our Father
Coat of arms

Marin Barišić (born in Vidonje near Metković, 24 March 1947) is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska.

Early life and education

Marin Barišić was born in a small village of Vidonje near Metković on 24 March 1947 to Ivan and Matija Barišć. He finished primary school in Vidonje, after which he attended high school in Dubrovnik, and finished it in minor seminary in Split. Barišić started his high education at Split High School of Theology, and finished it at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. After graduation he continued his specialization at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of the Pontifical Gregorian University from which he received his doctorate in biblical theology. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska on 14 July 1974 by auxiliary Bishop Ivo Gugić.[1]

Career

After Barišić returned from Rome, he served as a prefect at the Split Theological Seminary (1978-1979), and pastor of parish of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Špinut, Split (1979-1993). Since 1981 he was a teacher at the High school of theology in Split, where he taught scriptural subjects. On August 3, 1993, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary bishop of Split-Makarska. He was ordained on October 17, 1993 by Archbishop Ante Jurić, with co-consecrators being Giulio Einaudi and Giuseppe Mani.[2]

In 1998, Barišić become head of Split Committee for the preparation of pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II to Split and Solin. At the Croatian Bishops' Conference, he served as president of the Council for the Doctrine of the Faith, member of the Committee for the Great Jubilee of the year 2000, and the service of the delegates of the Bishops' Conference to the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]

On June 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed Barišić Archbishop of Split-Makarska, after he accepted the resignation of then 78-year-old Msgr. Ante Jurić who served as arcbishop for 12 years. Barišić took office on 26 August at a ceremony in the Co-Cathedral of St. Peter in Split.[4]

References

  1. "HBK - Hrvatska biskupska konferencija". Hbk.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. "Marin Barišić - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. "Barišić, Marin - Dani kršćanske kulture". Danikrscanskekulture.info. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. "Ustoličenje Nadbiskupa Marina Barišića". Hrt.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
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