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]
References
- 1."Bishop Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B." Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- 2."Vladimiro Americo Jorge Boric Crnosija". FamilySearch. Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965. Rio de Janeiro: Arquivo Nacional. 1955. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- 3.[3.2]"45 Años de la Pascua de Mons. Vladimiro Boric Crnosija". Iglesia de Magallanes (in Spanish). 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- 4.[4.2]Alarcón, Maximiliano (2021-10-31). "Boric antes de Boric: los años de vida acomodada, poesía e influencia anarco-sindicalista que marcaron su juventud". Interferencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-26.