Bishop of Mostar-Duva and Apostolic Administrator of Trebinje-Caracas
Born February 2, 1944 in Tuku, parish
Rovišće near Bjelovar, Croatia.
Parents: Grgo and Anica r. Raguž.
Born in Rovišće in the parish church of the Blessed Sacrament
Trinity, February 5, 1944
Krizman in Prenja, July 12, 1953
Crusher: Msgr. Andrija Majic, bishop delegate.
Elementary school in Rotimlje, 1951-1955. and in Crnić, 1955-1959; Semester Gymnasium in Zagreb, 1959-1963 Philosophical Study in Zagreb, 1963 – 1965 Theological Study in Rome, Pontifical University of Urbaniana, 1965-1969. Licenses in June 1969 with the thesis: “The role of Cardinale Stepinac in relations between the Church and the state.” Actual: Rome, April 13, 1969. Presbyterate: Prison, June 29, 1969, bishop Peter Cule. Postgraduate study in Urbania, 1969-1971, doctoral of 10 December 1971 with the thesis: “The meaning of evangelization in the perspective of anonymous Christianity.”