Đuro Smičiklas
Đuro Smičiklas (14 December 1815 – 20 April 1881) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the bishop from 1857 to 1881 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
Born in Reštovo, near Sošice, Austrian Empire (present day – Croatia) in 1815, he was ordained a priest on 11 April 1841 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Smičiklas was the parish priest in Novi Sad from 1849 to 1852 and canon in the Križevci Greek Catholic Cathedral from 1852 to 1857.[1]
He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 21 December 1857. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 21 March 1858. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu.[2]
He died in Križevci on 20 April 1881.
See also
References
- ↑ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. p. 342.
- ↑ Bishop Djordje Smičiklas. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-05-29.
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| Preceded by Gabrijel Smičiklas |
Eastern Catholic Bishop of Križevci 1857–1881 |
Succeeded by Ilija Hranilović |
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