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After the [[Yugoslav wars]], Komarica remained a supporter of preserving [[Bosnian Croats|Croatian]] and Roman Catholic traditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>[http://members4.boardhost.com/acnaus/msg/1338796682.html "Bosnia-Herzegovina: Thousands of Catholics want to return"], members4.boardhost.com; accessed 13 August 2015.</ref>
After the [[Yugoslav wars]], Komarica remained a supporter of preserving [[Bosnian Croats|Croatian]] and Roman Catholic traditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>[http://members4.boardhost.com/acnaus/msg/1338796682.html "Bosnia-Herzegovina: Thousands of Catholics want to return"], members4.boardhost.com; accessed 13 August 2015.</ref>


In 2005, at the request of Komarica, the [[Missionaries of Charity]], opened their first monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 16 November 2005, Komarica founded the European Academy in [[Banja Luka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eak.ba/onama/index.htmll|publisher=''Europska akademija''|title=O nama|accessdate=20 April 2013|language=Croatian}}</ref> Two months later, on 6 February 2006, he established the Center for Life and Family of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cn|date=August 2015}}
In 2005, at the request of Komarica, the [[Missionaries of Charity]], opened their first monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 16 November 2005, Komarica founded the European Academy in [[Banja Luka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eak.ba/onama/index.htmll|publisher=''Europska akademija''|title=O nama|accessdate=20 April 2013|language=Croatian}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Two months later, on 6 February 2006, he established the Center for Life and Family of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cn|date=August 2015}}


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* Laureates of the Europe prize (2002)
* Laureates of the Europe prize (2002)
*[[Franz Werfel Human Rights Award]] (2005)
*[[Franz Werfel Human Rights Award]] (2005)
*[[File:Ribbon of a Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir.png|80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2007/2070.htm|publisher=''[[Narodne novine]]''|title=Odluka kojom se biskup Franjo Komarica odlikuje|date=2 July 2007|accessdate=12 July 2008|language=Croatian}}</ref> In 2004 he was nominated <!-- by whom? -->as a candidate for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://croatianchronicle.com/ccn/life/banjalu%C4%8Dki-biskup-franjo-komarica-posjetio-sjedinjene-ameri%C4%8Dke-dr%C5%BEave|publisher=Croatian Chronicle Network|title=Visit of Bishop Franjo Komarica to Harvard: "Developed Europe and the US Should Not Abandon Us"|date=19 December 2012|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[File:Ribbon of a Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir.png|80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2007/2070.htm|publisher=''[[Narodne novine]]''|title=Odluka kojom se biskup Franjo Komarica odlikuje|date=2 July 2007|accessdate=12 July 2008|language=Croatian}}</ref> In 2004 he was nominated <!-- by whom? -->as a candidate for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://croatianchronicle.com/ccn/life/banjalu%C4%8Dki-biskup-franjo-komarica-posjetio-sjedinjene-ameri%C4%8Dke-dr%C5%BEave|publisher=Croatian Chronicle Network|title=Visit of Bishop Franjo Komarica to Harvard: "Developed Europe and the US Should Not Abandon Us"|date=19 December 2012|accessdate=13 August 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130628231822/http://croatianchronicle.com/ccn/life/banjalu%C4%8Dki-biskup-franjo-komarica-posjetio-sjedinjene-ameri%C4%8Dke-dr%C5%BEave|archivedate=28 June 2013|df=}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.biskupija-banjaluka.org/Zivotopisi/ZivotopisNjemacki.htm Official Biography of Bishop Komarica], biskupija-banjaluka.org; accessed 25 December 2015.{{hr icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060104175107/http://www.biskupija-banjaluka.org/Zivotopisi/ZivotopisNjemacki.htm Official Biography of Bishop Komarica], biskupija-banjaluka.org; accessed 25 December 2015.{{hr icon}}


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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Franjo Komarica

GOKDZ
Bishop of Banja Luka
President of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
DioceseBanja Luka
SeeBanja Luka
Appointed15 May 1989
PredecessorAlfred Pichler
Other post(s)President of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina
Orders
Ordination29 June 1972
by Alfred Pichler
Consecration6 January 1986
by John Paul II
Personal details
Born
Franjo Komarica

(1946-02-03) 3 February 1946 (age 78)
Novakovići, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka (and Titular Bishop of Satafis; 1985–1989)
MottoGospodin je moja snaga i moja pjesma (The Lord is my strength and my song)
Coat of armsFranjo Komarica's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Franjo Komarica
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byAlfred Pichler
Date29 June 1972
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorPope John Paul II
Co-consecratorsAgostino Cardinal Casaroli
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Date6 January 1986
PlaceSt. Peter's Basilica
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Franjo Komarica as principal consecrator
Marko Semren18 September 2010
Styles of
Franjo Komarica
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Dr Franjo Komarica (born 3 February 1946) is a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka and president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life

One of eleven children, Komarica was born in Novakovići near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Ivo and Ivka (née Marić) Komarica.[1] He finished elementary school in Banja Luka, then he attended the minor seminary in Zagreb (1961-63) and Đakovo (1963-65). After completing his compulsory military service he began theological studies in Ðakovo (1967-68), and continued studying at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Innsbruck (1968-72).[citation needed]

Priesthood

Komarica was ordained to the priesthood by Alfred Pichler on June 29, 1972[2] in Mariastern Abbey, near Banja Luka, and then continued special studies in Innsbruck, where he earned master's degree in 1973, and doctorate in liturgy in 1978.[citation needed]

Episcopal ministry

On 28 October 1985, Komarica was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka and Titular Bishop of Satafis in Africa by Pope John Paul II.[2] He received his episcopal consecration from John Paul II, with Agostino Casaroli and Bernardin Gantin serving as co-consecrators on 6 January 1986.[2] Until the retirement of Bishop Alfred Pichler Komarica served as Bishop's Vicar General. On 15 May 1989, he was appointed Bishop of Banja Luka and two months later, officially took the office.

Role during the Bosnian war

Just a few years after he took the office whole Bosnia and Herzegovina and particular the Diocese of Banja Luka faced with armed aggression. During the Bosnian war, Bishop Komarica's diocese fell under Serbian control. Over 220,000 Roman Catholics were forced to flee the area now known as Republika Srpska, at least 400 were killed, including seven priests and nun. In the Diocese of Banja Luka, 98% of churches and a third of other Church property was destroyed in the war.[3] "It is an ethnocide, or genocide", the bishop said in 1996, "because the presence of a nation, its culture and religion is being wiped out. All the recognisable signs of our existence are being destroyed: churches, monasteries, graveyards, monuments, names, ..."[3]

During the war, although under house arrest and could not move around, the Bishop reportedly tried to keep in contact with his diocese, sending out priests to bring him information from the various parishes while endeavouring to make contact with Bosnian Serbian officials. During and after the war, Komarica reportedly gave hospitality in his own residence to displaced Muslim, Orthodox and Catholic families, numbering more than 30 people at a time.[4]

After the war

Bishop Komarica (left) with Bishop Vinko Puljić and Bishop Luigi Pezzuto

After the Yugoslav wars, Komarica remained a supporter of preserving Croatian and Roman Catholic traditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5]

In 2005, at the request of Komarica, the Missionaries of Charity, opened their first monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 16 November 2005, Komarica founded the European Academy in Banja Luka.[6] Two months later, on 6 February 2006, he established the Center for Life and Family of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina.[citation needed]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina profile of Bishop Komarica, bkbih.ba; accessed 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Franjo Komarica". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bishop seeks to heal wounds of Bosnian war, catholicherald.co.uk; accessed 13 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Impulses of the Spirit: the servant church after Vatican II". America. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Bosnia-Herzegovina: Thousands of Catholics want to return", members4.boardhost.com; accessed 13 August 2015.
  6. ^ "O nama" (in Croatian). Europska akademija. Retrieved 20 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Odluka kojom se biskup Franjo Komarica odlikuje" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Visit of Bishop Franjo Komarica to Harvard: "Developed Europe and the US Should Not Abandon Us"". Croatian Chronicle Network. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Bishop of Satafis
1985–1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Banja Luka
1989–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by President of the BKBiH
2010-present
President of the BKBiH
2002–2005 		Succeeded by
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