Archbishop Zdenko Križić

Archbishop-elect Zdenko Križić, O.C.D., was born on 2 February 1953 vin Johovac, in the archdiocese of Vrhbosana. He studied philosophy with the Carmelite Fathers in Florence, and theology at the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 26 June 1977 in Zagreb, for the Order of Carmelite Fathers. He has held the following offices: prefect in the minor seminary of the Carmelite Fathers in Zagreb (1978-1984); first counsellor of the Commissioner, prior of Remete in Zagreb and visiting professor at the then-Institute of Christian Spirituality in Zagreb (1984-1990); prior of the Convent of Krk and master of novices (1997-2002); provincial vicar (1999-2002); provincial superior (2002-2003); vicar general of the Order (2003-2009); prior of the Convent of Krk and provincial counsellor (2009-2011); rector of the Community of the Teresianum International College in Rome (2011-2016). On 4 April 2016 he was appointed bishop of Gospić-Senj, receiving episcopal ordination the following 25 May. Within the Bishops’ Conference of Croatia, he is a member of the Permanent Council and president of the Council for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.