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Karmelo Zazinović

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Karmelo Zazinović
Bishop of Krk
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Krk
In office 16 January 1968 – 14 November 1989
Predecessor Josip Srebrnič
Successor Josip Bozanić
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Lebessus (1961-1968)
Auxiliary Bishop of Krk (1961-1968)
Orders
Ordination 29 June 1937
Consecration 23 April 1961
by Josip Srebrnič
Personal details
Born 15 July 1914
Krk, Austrian Littoral, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died 5 March 1997 (aged 82)
Krk, Croatia

Karmelo Zazinović (15 July 1914[1] – 5 March 1997) was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Krk from 1968 to his retirement in 1989. He was a participant of the Second Vatican Council.[2]

He gave his first mass on 29 June 1937.[3]

He participated in sessions 1–4 of the Second Vatican Council.[4]

In November 1968, he submitted to the Holy See a memorandum recommending the foundation of the Archdiocese of Rijeka, primarily for pastoral reasons as Rijeka was already the regional ecclesiastical centre.[5]

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