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Mate Uzinić

His Excellency
Mate Uzinić
Bishop of Dubrovnik
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Province Split
Diocese Dubrovnik
See Dubrovnik
Appointed 24 January 2011
Predecessor Želimir Puljić
Orders
Ordination 27 June 1993
Consecration 19 March 2011
by Marin Barišić
Personal details
Birth name Mate Uzinić
Born (1967-09-17) 17 September 1967 (age 49)
Dubrava, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Nationality Croatian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto Od ljudi za ljude
From the people, for the people
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Styles of
Mate Uznić
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Mate Uzinić (born 17 September 1967) is a Croatian Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Dubrovnik.

Mate Uzinić was born on September 17, 1967 in Dubrava near Omiš where he attended elementary school, after which he moved to Split in order to attend high school in the Split Archdiocesan Seminary. After finishing high school in 1988, Uzinić enrolled in Faculty of Catholic Theology from which he graduated in 1993.

Uzinić was ordained to the priesthood on June 27, 1993. From 1993 to 1995 he served as Vicar in Omiš, and from 1995 to 1996 priest in small village Otrić-Seoci in Pojezerje municipality.

From 1996 he continued studies in Pontifical Lateran University, where he earned licentiate in canon and civil law in 2000.

From 2000 to 2002 he served as judicial vicar and judge in a First instance ecclesiastical court in Split. In 2000 he became an associate in the pastoral care service of the Strožanac parish, and in 2001 rector of the Central Seminary in Split. Since 2002, Uzinić is a member of the Presbyterian Council of Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, and since 2004 a member of the Council of the Croatian Bishops' Conference for the promotion of vocations and seminaries.

On 24 January 2011, Uzinić was appointed Bishop of Dubrovnik by pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration from Marin Barišić, with Josip Bozanić and Želimir Puljić serving as co-consecrators on 19 March 2011.


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