Bishop Juraj Jezerinac

Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Apr 1939		Born
26 Jun 1966	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Apr 1991	51.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Apr 1991	51.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza
8 Jun 1991	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza
25 Apr 1997	58.0	Appointed	Bishop of Croatia, Military
30 Nov 2015	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Croatia, Military

MicroData Summary
Juraj Jezerinac
Bishop Juraj Jezerinac
(born 23 Apr 1939)
Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military

Ad Limina - July 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Jezerine
Ordained Bishop Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stephen I of Hungary, Cathedral, Zagreb, Archdiocese of Zagreb

Please contact the Bishop through the Military Ordinariate of Croatia, Military.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Franjo Cardinal Kuharić †
Archbishop of Zagreb
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Bishop Anthony Frederick Tonnos
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Franjo Cardinal Kuharić † (1964)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Archbishop Franjo Šeper † (1954)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić † (1937)
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Archbishop Antun Bauer † (1911)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marko Culej † (1992)
Bishop Jure Bogdan (2016)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305549166
WikiData: Q1431235

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Number 11,407
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127, Number 11,452
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2015
opd: CB, 17 May 2020

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