Diocese Banja Luka Name Josip Garic In office 1912 - 1946 | Appointed December 14, 1912 See Banja Luka | |
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Predecessor Marijan Markovic (as apostolic administrator) Successor Smiljan Franjo Cekada (as apostolic administrator) | ||
Josip Stjepan Garić (October 28, 1870 – June 30, 1946) was Croatian Franciscan friar, bishop of Banja Luka.
Biography
Garić was born at Vitez, town in Central Bosnia. In 1886 he entered in Franciscan monastery in Fojnica and he became Franciscan friar. He was ordained a priest on July 30, 1893.
References
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