Nikola Jurjević Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Nikola Zorzi
Bishop of Hvar
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Hvar
Term:1635–1644
Predecessor:Pietro Cedolini
Successor:Vincenzo Milani
Consecration:4 March 1635
Consecrated By:Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
Birth Date:1574
Death Date:1644
Nationality:Croatian

Nikola Jurjević (1574–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Hvar (1635–1644).[1] [2]

Biography

Jurjević was born in Hvar, Croatia in 1574. On 12 February 1635, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Hvar. On 4 March 1635, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Bishop of Fano, with Giovanni Delfino, Bishop Emeritus of Belluno, and Giovanni Thomas Marnavich, Bishop of Bosnia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Hvar until his death in 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Girolamo Lucich, Bishop of Drivasto (1636).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 278. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgeorgn.html "Bishop Nicolaus de Georgiis (Zorzi)"