Josip Stjepan Garić

The Most Reverend Josip Stjepan Garić O.F.M.
Bishop of Banja Luka
Diocese	Banja Luka
See	Banja Luka
Appointed	December 14, 1912
In office	1912 - 1946
Predecessor	Marijan Marković (as apostolic administrator)
Successor	Smiljan Franjo Čekada (as apostolic administrator)
Orders
Ordination	July 30, 1893
Consecration	February 20, 1913 by Diomede Falconio
Personal details
Born	Stjepan Garić (1870-10-28)October 28, 1870 Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died	June 30, 1946(1946-06-30) (aged 75) Graz
Nationality	Bosnian Croat
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Josip Stjepan Garić (October 28, 1870 – June 30, 1946) was a Bosnian Franciscan friar of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena, and bishop of Banja Luka.^[1]

Biography

Garić was born at Vitez, town in Central Bosnia. In 1886 he entered in Franciscan monastery in Fojnica and he became Franciscan friar. He was ordained a priest on July 30, 1893.

References

1. "Bishop Emmanuel Josip Stepan Garić, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Marijan Marković (as apostolic administrator)	Bishop of Banja Luka 1912–1946	Succeeded by Smiljan Franjo Čekada (as apostolic administrator)