Marin Srakić
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18 June 2008 (as Archdiocesan Archbishop)
Marin Srakić | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 6 February 1997 (as Diocesan Bishop) 18 June 2008 (as Archdiocesan Archbishop) |
| Term ended | 18 April 2013 |
| Predecessor | Ćiril Kos |
| Successor | Đuro Hranić |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Cercina (1990-1996), Auxiliary Bishop (1990–1996) and Codjutor Bishop (1996–1997) of Djakovo or Bosna and Srijem |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 March 1960 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 24 March 1990 (Bishop) by Cardinal Franjo Kuharić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marin Srakić 6 July 1937 |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb, Pontifical Lateran University |
Archbishop Marin Srakić (born 6 July 1937) is a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem and the Titular Bishop of Cercina (1990–1996), and after that, as a Coadjutor Bishop (1996–1997), a Diocesan Bishop (1997–2008) and the first Archbishop of Đakovo-Osijek since 2008, until his retirement in 2013.
Archbishop Srakić was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family of Marko and Katja (née Orešković) in the present-day Osijek-Baranja County.
After graduation the Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium in Šalata in Zagreb, he made the maturity exam at the lyceum of the Theological College in Đakovo and consequently joined the Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb, where completed his studies with a Licentiate of the Theology degree,[1] and was ordained as priest on March 6, 1960 for his native Roman Catholic Diocese of Đakovo or Bosna and Srijem.[2] Fr. Srakić continued his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy with a Doctor of the Moral theology degree.[1]
