Mate Garković

The Most Reverend Mate Garković
Archbishop of Zadar
Archdiocese	Zadar
See	Zadar
Appointed	24 December 1960^[1]
Term ended	26 May 1968
Predecessor	Pietro Doimo Munzani
Successor	Marijan Oblak
Other posts	Apostolic Administrator of Zadar (1952-1960) Titular Bishop of Adrasus (1952-1960)
Orders
Ordination	28 July 1907
Consecration	30 March 1952 by Miho Pušić
Personal details
Birth name	Mate Garković
Born	(1882-09-12)12 September 1882 Veli Rat, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
Died	26 May 1968(1968-05-26) (aged 85) Zadar, Socialist Republic of Croatia (now Croatia)
Buried	Cathedral of St. Anastasia, Zadar
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	U križu je spas (In the Cross is salvation)

Styles of Mate Garković

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Mate Garković (12 September 1882 - 26 May 1968) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar, Croatia.

Life

Garković was born on 12 September 1882 in Veli Rat on the island of Dugi Otok in Dalmatia, then Austria-Hungary. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on 28 July 1907, he was firstly pedagogue in the Zmajević minor seminary in Zadar where he stayed until 1914. In 1914, he was appointed parish priest of Preko and dean of the Ugljan Deanery. When the Italians occupied Dalmatia, Garković was arrested and imprisoned for six months in Sestrunj. Then returned back to Preko where he remained until 1925. Next 20 years, he has worked as a professor of pastoral theology and Hebrew in Split.^[2]^[3]

Garković was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Zadar on 22 February 1952. He was consecrated as bishop by Miho Pušic, archbishop of Hvar on 30 March 1952. Garković was appointed the archbishop of Zadar on 24 December 1960.^[1]

Garković died on 26 May 1968, aged 85 in Zadar. He was buried in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia, Zadar.

Notes

1 2 "Archbishop Mate Garkovic". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
↑ "Spomen skup o zadarskom nadbiskupu Mati Garkoviću". Hrvatski Katolički Radio ([hkr.hr]). 6 December 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ "Spomen skup o zadarskom nadbiskupu Mati Garkoviću". Informativna katolička agencija ([ika.hr]). 4 December 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

Preceded by Pietro Doimo Munzani	Archbishop of Zadar 1960-1968	Succeeded by Marijan Oblak

Archbishops of Zadar

12th century	Lampridius Tebaldo Damian Peter Nicolò Manzavini

13th century	Leonardo Giovanni Venier Tommaso Domenico Franco Lorenzo Periandro Andrea Gussoni Giovanni d'Anagni Enrico da Todi Jacopo da Foligno

14th century	Alessandro Niccolò da Sezze Giovanni di Butovane Nicolò Matafari Giacomo de Candia Domenico Pietro Matafari Antonio de Benedetto John

15th century	Luca Turriano da Fermo Biagio Molino Lorenzo Venier Polidoro Foscari Maffeo Valaresso Giovanni Robobello

16th century	Alvise Cippico Alessandro Giovanni Cippico Francesco Pesaro Giles of Viterbo Cornelio Pesaro Luigi Cornaro Muzio Calini Alvise Cornaro Andrea Minucci Marco Loredan Natale Venier Marcantonio Venier Alvise Barozzi Alvise Molino Minuccio Minucci

17th century	Vittorio Ragazzoni Luca Stella Ottaviano Garzadori Benedetto Cappello Bernardo Florio Teodoro Balbi Giovanni Evangelista Parzaghi Vittorio Priuli

18th century	Vicko Zmajević Matej Karaman Michele Tommaso Triali Giovanni Carsana

19th century	Giuseppe Gregorio Scotti Josip Franjo di Paola Nowak Antonio Peteani Giuseppe Godeassi Pietro Doimo Maupas Grgur Rajčević

20th century	Matej Dvornik Vinko Pulišić Pietro Doimo Munzani Mate Garković Marijan Oblak Ivan Prenđa

21st century	Želimir Puljić

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