Đuro Gašparović

Coat of arms of Đuro Gašparović.

Đuro Gašparović (born June 20, 1951 in Golubinci , SR Serbia , Yugoslavia ) has been bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Syrmia since 2008 .

Life

Đuro Gašparović was born in the local parish of Golubinci in Syrmia . He attended elementary and middle school there. Later he attended high schools in Zagreb and Đakovo, where he obtained his Abitur . Subsequently, he studied from 1972 to 1977 Catholic theology and philosophy and received on 29 June 1977, the sacrament of Holy Orders . His first chaplaincy was for one year in Ruma in Syrmia, from 1978 to 1979 Irig . In 1979 he continued his studies in Rome and graduated with a master's degree in liturgical studies from the Anselmianum papal faculty. In addition, Đuro Gašparović obtained a diploma in canon law and private law . In 1980 he was appointed vice rector of the Roman titular church of San Girolamo dei Croati . In 1992 he also became a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples .

On July 5, 1996, the feast day of the Slav apostles Cyril and Method , Pope John Paul II appointed Đuro Gašparović titular bishop of Mattiana and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Đakovo and Syrmia . The episcopal ordination received his Franjo Cardinal Kuharic , the Archbishop of Zagreb , on October 5, 1996; Co- consecrators were Ćiril Kos , the bishop of Đakovo and Syrmia, and Marin Srakić , coadjutor bishop of Đakovo and Syrmia.

Gašparović was born on June 18, 2008 BY Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Syrmia.

predecessor	Office	successor
Marin Srakić	Bishop of Syrmia since 2008	-

personal data
SURNAME	Gašparović, Đuro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Croatian clergyman, Bishop of Syrmia
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Golubinci , Yugoslavia