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

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. Born in Mrzlo Polje Žumberačko,

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(present day –

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) in 1757, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

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on 15 September 1782 for the

. Fr. Stanić was the Rector of the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb from 1782 to 1785 and again from 1807 to 1809. He was confirmed as the bishop by the

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on 15 March 1815. He was

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to the

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on 10 September 1815. The principal

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was Bishop

Samuil Vulcan Samuil Vulcan (1 August 1758 – 25 December 1839) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1806 to 1839. Life Vulcan was born on 1 August 1758 in Veza, a former village which has since been inc ...

. He died in

Križevci Križevci (; ; ; ) is a town in northern Croatia with a total population of 21,122 and with 11,231 in the town itself (2011), It is the oldest town in its county, the Koprivnica-Križevci County. History The first mention of "Upper Križeva ...

on 31 July 1830.

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