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Croatian Roman Catholic prelate (1939–2020)
Mile Bogović
Diocesan Bishop of
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospić-Senj
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed25 May 2000
Term ended4 April 2016
Predecessornew creation
SuccessorZdenko Križić
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj (1999–2000)
Orders
Ordination5 July 1964 (Priest)
Consecration29 June 1999 (Bishop)
by Anton Tamarut
Personal details
BornMile Bogović
(1939-08-07)7 August 1939
Gornji Cerovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died19 December 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 81)
Rijeka, Croatia
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb,
Pontifical Gregorian University

Bishop Mile Bogović (7 August 1939 – 19 December 2020) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj from 4 June 1999 until 25 May 2000 and the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Gospić-Senj from 25 May 2000 until his retirement on 4 April 2016.

Education

Bishop Bogović was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of father Mijo and mother Manda (née Piršić) near Slunj in the Central Croatia.

After graduation at a primary school in Slunj and a classical gymnasium in the diocesan seminary in Pazin, he was admitted to the Major Seminary here and consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, where he studied until 1964, and was ordained as priest on July 5, 1964 for the Diocese of Rijeka–Opatija, after completing his philosophical and theological studies. After the two years of the pastoral work, Fr. Bogović continued his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy from 1966 until 1971 with a Doctor of the Church history degree.

Pastoral work

Fr. Bogović served as the parish priest in Krivi Put and at the same time the chaplain in Slunj (1964–1966). After his return from studies in Italy, he performed the following duties: he was the personal assistant of Archbishop Viktor Burić, rector of the Theological Faculty at the University of Rijeka, parish priest in Praputnjak near Bakar, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj and professor of a church history at the University of Rijeka.

Bishop

On 4 June 1999, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj. On 29 June 1999 he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Anton Tamarut and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the St. Vid Cathedral in Rijeka. One year later, on 25 May 2000, he became the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Gospić-Senj.

He retired on 4 April 2016, after he reached age limit of 75 years old.

Bogović died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia on 19 December 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Mons. Mile Bogović, biskup gospićko – senjski u miru". Official Website of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia (in Croatian). 29 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Bishop Mile Bogović". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. "Umro je umirovljeni biskup Mile Bogović, bio je pozitivan na koronavirus". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byPaul Marchand Titular Bishop of Tamata
1999–2000 		Succeeded byAntonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias
New title Diocesan Bishop of Gospić-Senj
2000–2016 		Succeeded byZdenko Križić
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