Marijan Marković

Marijan Marković O.F.M.
Apostolic Administrator of Banja Luka Titular Bishop of Danaba
Diocese	Banja Luka
See	Banja Luka
Appointed	March 27, 1884
Orders
Ordination	April 26, 1863
Consecration	May 4, 1884 by Serafino Vannutelli
Personal details
Birth name	Franjo Marković
Born	October 21, 1840 Dolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died	June 20, 1912 (aged 71) Banja Luka
Buried	Cathedral of Saint Bonaventure
Nationality	Bosnian Croat
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Marijan Marković (October 20, 1840 – June 20, 1912) was Bosnian Croatian Franciscan friar, bishop and apostolic administrator of Banja Luka.^[1]

Biography

Marković was born at Dolac, near Travnik in Central Bosnia. In April 1856 he entered in Franciscan monastery in Fojnica and year later he became Franciscan friar. In Đakovo Marković studied and graduated in philosophy and teology.

He was ordained a priest on April 26, 1863.

Episcopal career

On March 27, 1884 he was appointed apostolic administrator of Banja Luka and Titular Bishop of Danaba. He received his episcopal consecration from Serafino Vannutelli, in Vienna on May 4, 1884. One month later he came to Banja Luka and in July 1884 he ordered the construction of the cathedral and the bishop's palace. The bishop did a great job for the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Banja Luka in the next ten years. From 1893 to 1903 nine churches and five chapels was built and number of Catholics increased from 36, 000 to 73, 200. During his ministry he founded 13 new parishes: Bosanska Kostajnica, Bosanski Novi, Mahovljani, Prijedor, Prnjavor, Ključ, Zelinovac (Krnjeuša), Novi Martinac, Miljevac, Rakovac, Devetina, Stara Dubrava and Bosanski Petrovac.^[2]

He died in Banja Luka on June 20, 1912.

References

1. "Bishop Marijan Marković, O.F.M.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Fra Marijan MARKOVIĆ, apostolski upravitelj od 1884. do 1912." (in Croatian). Banjolučka biskupija (Diocese of Banja Luka). Retrieved 2013-04-30.