The Most Reverend

Želimir Puljić
Archbishop emeritus of Zadar
ArchdioceseZadar
SeeZadar
Appointed15 March 2010[1]
PredecessorIvan Prenđa
SuccessorMilan Zgrablić
Other post(s)Bishop of Dubrovnik (1989–2010)
Orders
Ordination24 March 1974[1]
by Agnelo Rossi
Consecration14 January 1990[1]
by Franjo Kuharić
Personal details
Born
Želimir Puljić

(1947-03-07) 7 March 1947
Kamena, Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia (present day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materPontifical Urban University
Pontifical Lateran University
MottoUnitas, libertas, caritas
Unity, Freedom, Love
Coat of armsŽelimir Puljić's coat of arms
Styles of
Želimir Puljić
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop
Ordination history of
Želimir Puljić
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorFranjo Kuharić
Co-consecratorsAnte Jurić I Pavao Žanić
Date14. siječnja 1990.
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Želimir Puljić as principal consecrator
Petar Palić30. travnja 2018.
Milan Zgrablić25. lipnja 2022.

Želimir Puljić (7 March 1947) is Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Zadar from 2010 to 2023 and bishop of Dubrovnik from 1989 to 2010. He briefly served as the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska in 2023.

Ordained to the priesthood on 24 March 1974, for the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, Puljić was appointed Bishop Dubrovnik on 7 December 1989 and was ordained into that office on 14 January 1990. Bishop Puljić became the archbishop of Zadar on 15 March 2010.[1]

In October 2010, Archbishop Puljić, following up on the wish of his predecessor, conveyed a small silver reliquary containing a portion of the relics of Saint Simeon to Archbishop Theofylactus of Jordan, representative of Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, for the monastery of Saint Simeon the Godbearer in Katamon, Jerusalem.[2] It is popularly believed that the relics of Saint Simeon, one of the patron saints of Zadar, lie in the Church of Saint Simeon, in Zadar.

Puljić is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[3]

On 14 January 2023, the Apostolic Nunciature announced that the Pope accepted Puljić's renunciation from the service and appointed Milan Zgrablić his successor.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Archbishop Želimir Puljić". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Part of Relics of St. Simeon the Godbearer handed over by the Archbishop of Zadar to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem", Byzantine Catholic Church in America, February 19, 2013
  3. ↑ European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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