Stjepan Blašković

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DioceseMakarska
Appointed24 September 1731
InstalledSummer 1732

Stjepan Blašković

Bishop of Makarska
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseMakarska
Appointed24 September 1731
InstalledSummer 1732
PredecessorNikola Bijanković
SuccessorFabijan Blašković
Orders
Ordination17 December 1712
Consecration10 February 1732
by Marco Gradenigo
Personal details
Born(1689-01-02)2 January 1689
Died17 November 1776(1776-11-17) (aged 87)
Makarska, Republic of Venice
BuriedChurch of St. Philip, Makarska, Croatia
DenominationCatholic

Stjepan Blašković C.O. (c.2 January 1689  17 November 1776) was a Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Makarska from 1732 to his death in 1776. While being a bishop of Makarska, Blašković also administered the dioceses of Duvno under the Ottoman occupation.

Blašković was born in Gornje Selo on the isle of Šolta, at the time part of the Republic of Venice. He was educated by the Oratorians whom he joined.[1] On 12 December 1712, he was ordained to the diaconate,[2] and to the priesthood on 17 December 1712.[1][2] Blašković earned a doctorate in civil and canon law.[1]

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