Msgr. Marin Barišić

Msgr. Marin Barišić (Vidonje, Hrvatska, 24. ožujka 1947.[1]), hrvatski rimokatolički nadbiskup i metropolit splitsko-makarski (od 2000.)

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Srednju školu pohađao je u Dubrovniku i Splitu. Studij teologije započeo je u Splitu, a nastavio u Rimu na Papinskom lateranskom sveučilištu gdje je diplomirao. Nakon diplome iz teologije upisao je poslijediplomski studij na istom sveučilištu, a dovršio ga je doktoratom iz biblijske teologije na Biblijskom institutu Papinskoga sveučilišta Gregorijana u Rimu.

Za svećenika je zaređen 14. srpnja 1974. u Vidonjama. Vrativši se sa studija, od 1978. do 1979. obavljao je službu prefekta u Nadbiskupskom sjemeništu u Splitu. Od 1979. do 1993. bio je župnik župe Pohođenja BDM Špinut u Splitu. Od 1981. uz župničku službu bio je i profesor na Teologiji u Splitu gdje je predavao svetopisamske predmete. Za pomoćnoga biskupa Splitsko-makarske nadbiskupije imenovan je 3. kolovoza 1993., a zaređen je 17. listopada iste godine. Sveti otac Ivan Pavao II. imenovao ga je splitsko-makarskim nadbiskupom 21. lipnja 2000. godine, a svečanost ustoličenja slavljena je 26. kolovoza 2000. u splitskoj konkatedrali sv. Petra.

Marin Barišić Archbishop of Split-Makarska Appointed 21 June 2000 Installed 26 August 2000

Birth name Marin Barišić Born 24 March 1947 (age 70) Vidonje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) Nationality Croat Denomination Catholic Alma mater Pontifical Lateran University Pontifical Gregorian University

Marin Barišić (born Vidonje, near Metković, 24 March 1947) is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska.

Early life and education Marin Barišić was born in Vidonje near Metković on 24 March 1947 to Ivan and Matija Barišć. He finished primary school in Vidonje, after which he attended high school in Dubrovnik, and finished it in minor seminary in Split. Barišić started his high education at Split High School of Theology, and finished it at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. After graduation, he continued his specialization at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of the Pontifical Gregorian University from which he received his doctorate in biblical theology. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska on 14 July 1974 by auxiliary Bishop Ivo Gugić.[1]

Career After Barišić returned from Rome, he served as a perfect at the Split Theological Seminary (1978-1979), and pastor of the parish of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Špinut, Split (1979-1993). Since 1981 he was a teacher at the High school of theology in Split, where he taught scriptural subjects. On 3 August 1993, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary bishop of Split-Makarska. He was ordained on 17 October 1993 by Archbishop Ante Jurić, with co-consecrators being Giulio Einaudi and Giuseppe Mani.[2]

In 1998, Barišić becomes head of Split Committee for the preparation of pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II to Split and Solin. At the Croatian Bishops' Conference, he served as president of the Council for the Doctrine of the Faith, member of the Committee for the Great Jubilee of the year 2000, and the service of the delegates of the Bishops' Conference to the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]

On 21 June 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed Barišić Archbishop of Split-Makarska, after he accepted the resignation of then 78-year-old Msgr. Ante Jurić who served as archbishop for 12 years. Barišić took office on 26 August at a ceremony in the Co-Cathedral of St Peter in Split