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Vicko Zmajević

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The Most Reverend
Vicko Zmajević
Archbishop of Zadar
Archbishop of Bar Vicko Zmajević Picture oil on canvas 1720
Archbishop of Bar Vicko Zmajević Picture oil on canvas 1720
Archdiocese Zadar
See Zadar
Appointed 22 May 1713[1]
Term ended 21 December 1745
Predecessor Viktor Prioli
Successor Matej Karaman
Other posts Primate of Serbia, Archbishop of Bar (1701-1710)
Apostolic Administrator of Budva (1701-1714)
Apostolic visitor for countries under Ottoman rule (Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Greece) (1701-1745)
Apostolic visitor for Bosnia (1737-1745)
Orders
Consecration by Marino Drago
Personal details
Born Vicko Zamjević
21 December 1670
Perast, Ottoman Empire (now Montenegro)
Died 12 September 1745 (aged 74)
Zadar, Republic of Venice (now Croatia)
Buried Church of Our Lady of Health, Zadar
Denomination Roman Catholic

Vicko Zmajević (21 December 1670 – 12 September 1745) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bar and Primate of Serbia and as the Archbishop of Zadar.

Biography

Zmajević was born in Perast, at the time part of the Venetian Albania, into the House of Zmajević, one of the most influential families in the region. He was appointed Archbishop of Bar, at the time in the Ottoman Empire, on 18 April 1701. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Budua (under the Republic of Venice) on 24 December 1701.

At the Bar church fair in 1702, Zmajević had the title of Diocleciensis, totius regni Serviae primas, visitator Albanie. He was consecrated as bishop by Marino Drago, bishop of Kotor.[1]

In 1706, because unsafe life conditions, he moved back to Perast. In 1710, he moved to Kotor.[2]

Zmajević became the archbishop of Zadar (in Venetian Dalmatia) on 22 May 1713. He resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Budva in 1714.[1] He would also be reappointed Archbishop of Bar on 12 August 1713.[1] He died in Zadar.

Legacy

The Croatian Encyclopedia describes him as a 'Croatian church politician and writer' and notes that his few remaining works are archived by HAZU.[3]

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