Konstantin Stanić (18 November 1757 – 31 July 1830) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the bishop from 1815 to 1830 of the Eastern Catholic Eparchy of Križevci. Born in Mrzlo Polje Žumberačko,

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(present day – Croatia) in 1757, he was ordained a priest on 15 September 1782 for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Stanić was the Rector of the

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from 1782 to 1785 and again from 1807 to 1809. He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 15 March 1815. He was

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to the Episcopate on 10 September 1815. The principal consecrator was Bishop

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. He died in

Križevci Križevci (; la, Crisium; hu, Kőrös ; german: Kreutz ) is a city in central Croatia with a total population of 21,122 and with 11,231 in the city itself (2011), the oldest city in its county, the Koprivnica-Križevci County. History The f ...

on 31 July 1830.

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