Bishop Mijo Gorski (born 17 September 1952) is a Croatian

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prelate who currently serves as a Titular Bishop of

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and an Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb since 3 May 2010.

Education

Bishop Gorski was born into a Croatian Roman Catholic family as the seventh child in the

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region. After graduation the primary school and a classical gymnasium in the Archbishop's Minor Seminary in

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, he consequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in

and in the same time to the

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, where studied until 1977, and was ordained as

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on June 26, 1977 for the Archdiocese of Zagreb, after completed his philosophical and theological studies.

Pastoral and educationcal work

After ordination, Fr. Gorski from 1978 to 1979 served as assistant priest in

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, and from 1979 to 1982 in the parish of St. Blaise in

. From 1982 to 1997 he served as the administrator of the parish of St. Matej in Dugave, Zagreb, where he also built a parish church. From 1997 to 1998 he was the administrator of the parish of St. Anastasia in

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and the dean of the

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deanery. From 1998 to 2002 he was the parish priest of St. Blaise in Zagreb, when he also served as episcopal vicar for the city of Zagreb. In 2002, he was appointed Rector of the Archbishop's Major Theological Seminary, a position he held until 2008. In 2008, Fr. Gorski was appointed a

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of the Primate's Chapter of Zagreb, and director of the Archdiocesan Institution for the Maintenance of the Clergy and Other Church Officials. He is a member of the Presbyterian Council and the Association of Advisors of the Zagreb Archdiocese.

Prelate

On May 3, 2010, he was appointed by

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as a Titular Bishop of

and an

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of the Archdiocese of Zagreb. On July 3, 2010, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal

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and other prelates of the

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in the Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stephen of Hungary in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorski, Mijo 1952 births Living people People from Krapina-Zagorje County Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Zagreb 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Auxiliary bishops of Zagreb