Archbishop Petar Antun Rajič

Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum

Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jun 1959		Born
30 Nov 1986	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
29 Jun 1987	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Dec 2009	50.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum
2 Dec 2009	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
2 Dec 2009	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain
2 Dec 2009	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar
2 Dec 2009	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula
23 Jan 2010	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sarsenterum
27 Mar 2010	50.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen
27 Mar 2010	50.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates
15 Jun 2015	56.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Angola
15 Jun 2015	56.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe
15 Jun 2019	60.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
6 Aug 2019	60.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia
6 Aug 2019	60.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
11 Mar 2024	64.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
11 Mar 2024	64.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

MicroData Summary for Petar Antun Rajič
(VIAF: 192498528; WikiData: Q998895)
Archbishop Petar Antun Rajič (born 12 Jun 1959) Apostolic Nuncio of Italy

Event Place
Birth Place Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Mostar, Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Italy.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Marko Jozinović †
Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Pavao Žanić †
Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan)
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Vinko Cardinal Puljić
Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}
Bishop Ratko Perić
Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Leopoldo Ndakalako (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Belmiro Cuica Chissengueti, C.S.Sp. (2018)
Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas (2021)
Bishop Saulius Bužauskas (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Mostar, Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ab: Bollettino, 27 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,557
ab: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2015
ab: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2019
ab: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2019
ab: Bollettino, 11 Mar 2024

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