Archbishop Đuro Hranić |
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Archbishop of Đakovo-Osijek | |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek |
Province | Đakovo and Osijek |
See | Đakovo |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 29, 1986 |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Đuro Hranić |
Born |
Cerić, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
20 March 1961
Nationality | Croatian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater |
University of Osijek Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Izvezi na pučinu Put out into deep water (Luke 5:4) |
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Đuro Hranić (born in Cerić, 20 March 1961) is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.
Đuro Hranić was born in a small village of Cerić near Vinkovci on March 20, 1961 to Stjepan and Eva Hranić. He finished primary school in Cerić, after which he attended first two classes of gymnasium in Osijek, and last two at the Diocesan Gymnasium of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Đakovo (1975-1979). Hranić graduated in 1986 in philosophy and theology at the Đakovo Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Osijek. He gained his doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1993.
Đuro Hranić was ordained as a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek on June 29, 1986. He served as parish vicar in Osijek (1986-1987), prefect of Đakovo seminary (1993-1996), professor of dogmatic theology at the Đakovo Catholic Theological Faculty (since 1993), assistant of laity students at the same Faculty (1993-1998), Deputy Head of Chair of Theology (since 1997), assistant professor at the Department of Dogmatic Theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb for the needs of the regional studies in Đakovo (since 2000), Secretary General of the Second Synod of Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek (since 1998), member of the Presbyterian Council of Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek (since 1994), member of the Council of consultors of Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek (since 2000), member of the Episcopal Commission for Laity of the Croatian Bishops' Conference, and editor in chief of the diocesan monthly Vjesnik of Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek (since 1994).