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Jure Bogdan

Jure Bogdan
Military ordinary
Coat of arms of Jure Bogdan.svg
Archdiocese Military Ordinariate of Croatia
See Zagreb
Appointed 30 November 2015
Installed 27 February 2016
Predecessor Juraj Jezerinac
Other posts
Orders
Ordination 22 June 1980
by Frane Franić
Consecration 27 February 2016
by Josip Bozanić
Personal details
Birth name Jure Bogdan
Born (1955-11-09) 9 November 1955 (age 62)
Donji Dolac, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Nationality Croatian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater University of Split
Pontifical Lateran University
Motto Sve na veću slavu Božju
Everything to the greater glory of God
Coat of arms Jure Bogdan's coat of arms

Jure Bogdan (born in Donji Dolac near Omiš, 9 November 1955) is a Croatian bishop who serves as 2nd Military ordinary of Croatia since February 27, 2015, had previously served as a rector of Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome.

Jure Bogdan was born in a small village of Donji Dolac near Omiš on November 9, 1955, to Ivan and Perka Bogdan. He attended elementary school in Donji Dolac from 1961 to 1969, after which he attended minor seminary in Split during which he finished Classical gymnasium in the year 1973. After graduation, he enrolled in the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Split from which he graduated theology and philosophy on May 16, 1980. During his studies, Bogdan served as a senior prefect of Split archdiocesan seminary from January 1977 to autumn 1979. Bogdan was ordained as a deacon for Archdiocese of Split-Makarska by Archbishop Frane Franić in Split cathedral on June 24, 1979. Archbishop Franić ordained him for priest on June 22, 1980.

Bogdan celebrated his first Mass in Donji Dolac on July 6, 1980. After that, he served as a parish vicar in the parish of St. Nicholas in Metković from August 15, 1980, to August 15, 1984. From August 1984 to September 1992, he was a spiritual leader at the Split archdiocesan seminary. Bogdan was also Vice President of Council for Youth, and the presiding judge for vocations in his Archdiocese. He also served as a secretary of Council for seminaries of the Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia.

In autumn of 1992, Bogdan was sent by Archbishop Ante Jurić to attend study of pastoral theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He gained his Master's degree in October 1994 with the mentorship of Bishop Marcello Semeraro, after which he gained his Ph.D. on June 22, 1999. with thesis "Vita Universale: Cristianesimo delle origini o nuova rivelazione? Riflessioni teologico-pastorali" (Universal Life: Originally Christianity or new revelation? Theological-pastoral reflection). His mentor was prof. Michael Fuss.


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