Jozafat Bastašić

Jozafat Bastašić, O.S.B.M. (1 May 1740 – 28 August 1793) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the bishop from 1789 to 1793 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.

Born in Drašći Vrh, Habsburg Monarchy (present day Croatia) in 1740, he was ordained a priest on 1765 as member of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. Until 1775 Fr. Bastašić was the personal assistant of Bishop Vasilije Božičković and the Vicar General of the Epachy of Križevci from 1777 to 1788.[1]

He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 30 March 1789. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 6 December 1790. The principal consecrator was Bishop Andriy Bachynskyi, and the principal co-consecrator was Bishop Ignațiu Darabant, O.S.B.M.[2]

He died in Šid on 28 August 1793.

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References

  1. ↑ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861–1990). Rome. p. 341.
  2. ↑ Bishop Josafat Bastasic (Bastasyc), O.S.B.M.. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-05-29.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Vasilije Božičković		 Eastern Catholic Bishop of Križevci
1789–1793 		Succeeded by
Silvestar Bubanović
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