Nikola Kekić
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The Right Reverend Nikola Kekić |
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| Eparch of Križevci | |
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| Church | Croatian Greek Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Križevci |
| Appointed | May 25, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Slavomir Miklovš |
| Successor | incumbent |
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| Ordination | November 1, 1970 (Priest) |
| Consecration | July 4, 2009 (Bishop) by Slavomir Miklovš |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 18, 1943 Stari Grad Žumberački, Croatia |
Nikola Kekić or "Nino" Kekic (born January 18, 1943) is the bishop of the Greek-Catholic Diocese of Križevci.
Nikola Kekić was born in 1943 in the village of Stari Grad Žumberački, in the Croatian Žumberak. He comes from a Croatian family. Kekic was baptized in the Greek-Catholic Church of Peter and Paul in Mrzlo Polje. The primary school years spent in Nicholas Kekic Sošice and Ilok. From September 1, 1956 was his first four years of education in Greek-Catholic seminary in Zagreb with the traditional visit to the local grammar school. The school was for another four years in Zagreb's Franciscan Order, where he obtained his graduation in 1963.
From September 23, 1963 to March 10, 1965 contributed Kekic from his military service in Yugoslavia. In the same year Nicholas Kekic begins with the theological and philosophical studies at the Catholic Faculty of Zagreb. The diocesan bishop of the diocese in 1967 Križevci gave him permission to continue his studies at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. During his studies Kekic also visited the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Pontifical College of Saint Josaphat in Rome.
Nicholas Kekic was ordained on November 1, 1970 by the Greek-Catholic bishop of the diocese of Križevci Gabrijel Bukatko, in the Greek-Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Sošice. In December 1970 he was with the pastoral leadership of the Greek-Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul in charge Mrzlo Polje. It was followed in December 1972 appointment as head of the "Greek-Catholic center" in Karlovac. His pastoral activities began in the time Kekic temporarily continued in the Greek-Catholic parishes, "Annunciation" in Pribić and "Assumption" in Pećno.
In 1977 Nicholas Kekic stayed again in Rome. He attended the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome and continued his studies in church history at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and ended it with the receipt of the degree of Master of Arts.
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