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Đuro Smičiklas

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Đuro Smičiklas
Eparch of Križevci
Church Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
Diocese Eparchy of Križevci
In office 21 December 1857 – 20 April 1881
Predecessor Gabrijel Smičiklas
Successor Ilija Hranilović
Orders
Ordination 11 April 1841
Consecration 21 March 1858
by Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu
Personal details
Born 14 December 1815
Reštovo, Kamanje, Zagreb County, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
Died 20 April 1881 (aged 65)
Križevci, Križevci County, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary

Đuro Smičiklas (14 December 1815 – 20 April 1881) was a Greek-Catholic hierarch, the bishop from 1857 to 1881 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci (today part of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia).

Born in Reštovo, near Sošice, Austrian Empire (now Croatia) in 1815, he was ordained a priest on 11 April 1841 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Smičiklas was the parish priest in Novi Sad from 1849 to 1852 and canon in the Križevci Greek Catholic Cathedral from 1852 to 1857.[1]

He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 21 December 1857. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 21 March 1858. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu.[2]

He died in Križevci on 20 April 1881.

See also

Annotations

  • His name was also rendered Juraj Smičiklas and Hungarian: Smiciklas György.

References

  1. Back to citation Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. p. 342.
  2. Back to citation "Bishop Djordje Smičiklas". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-05-29.