Alojzije Mišić was the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mostar-Duvno

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mostar-Duvno is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church encompassing Herzegovina. The diocese, as well as the Franciscan Province, is centred in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed on July 5, 1881...

 and Apostolic Administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan

Roman Catholic Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in eastern Herzegovina.It is the oldest and smallest Roman Catholic diocese of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The diocese was formed sometime before the year 1022...

 from 1912 to 1942.

He attended elementary school in his hometown of Bosanska Gradiška from 1866 to 1870 and attended gymnasium in Ivanjska from 1870 to 1874. He joined the Franciscan novitiate in Fojnica

Fojnica

Fojnica is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located west of the capital Sarajevo. It lies in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna...

 in 1874. In Guča Gora he studied philosophy from 1875 to 1878. In Ostrogon, Hungary

Hungary

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 he studied theologoy from 1878 to 1882.

He was ordained on 7 July 1882. Pope Pius X named him as Bishop of Mostar-Duvno on 12 February 1912.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  The Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....