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Josip Stjepan Garić

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Josip Stjepan Garić

Bishop of Banja Luka
DioceseBanja Luka
SeeBanja Luka
AppointedDecember 14, 1912
In office1912 - 1946
PredecessorMarijan Marković (as apostolic administrator)
SuccessorSmiljan Franjo Čekada (as apostolic administrator)
Orders
OrdinationJuly 30, 1893
ConsecrationFebruary 20, 1913
by Diomede Falconio
Personal details
Born
Stjepan Garić

(1870-10-28)October 28, 1870
DiedJune 30, 1946(1946-06-30) (aged 75)
Graz
NationalityBosnian Croat
DenominationRoman Catholic

Josip Stjepan Garić (October 28, 1870 – June 30, 1946) was Bosnian Franciscan friar of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena, and bishop of Banja Luka.[1]

Biography

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Garić was born at Vitez, town in Central Bosnia. In 1886 he entered in Franciscan monastery in Fojnica and he became Franciscan friar. He was ordained a priest on July 30, 1893.

References

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  1. ^ "Bishop Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Marijan Marković
(as apostolic administrator)
Bishop of Banja Luka
1912–1946
Succeeded by
Smiljan Franjo Čekada
(as apostolic administrator)