Vladimiro Boric Crnosija
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Appointed1 February 1949
Ordination2 October 1949
by Pope Pius XII
by Pope Pius XII
BornVladimiro Américo Jorge Boric Crnosija
23 April 1906
23 April 1906
Punta Arenas, Chile
Died29 August 1973 (aged 67)
Santiago, Chile
Vladimiro Boric Crnosija | |
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| Appointed | 1 February 1949 |
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| Ordination | 2 October 1949 by Pope Pius XII |
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| Born | Vladimiro Américo Jorge Boric Crnosija 23 April 1906 Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Died | 29 August 1973 (aged 67) Santiago, Chile |
Vladimiro Américo Jorge Boric Crnosija (Croatian: Vladimir Borić Crnošija; 23 April 1905 – 29 August 1973) was a Chilean cleric and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Punta Arenas.[1]
He was born to Juan (Ive) Boric and Natalia Crnosija, both Croatian immigrants,[2] and completed his primary studies at the San José School.[3] He became ordained in 1930 and was appointed bishop in October 1949 by Pope Pius XII, becoming the first bishop of his hometown of Punta Arenas.[4] He died in Santiago on 29 August 1973, at the age of 68, less than two weeks before the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.[3] His grandnephew, Gabriel Boric Font, is the former president of Chile.[4]
