Zdenko Križić

Bishop Križić was born into a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic family near Doboj in the Bosnia and was baptized with a name Ivan.

After graduatinon of the secondary school of the Conventual Franciscans in Zagreb, he joined a mendicant order of the Discalced Carmelites and after the novitiate consequently studied the philosophy in Florence, Italy and theology in the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome. He made a profession on July 27, 1970 and a solemn profession on July 16, 1976 in Zagreb,[1] and was ordained as priest on June 26, 1977,[2] after completed his philosophical and theological studies. Fr. Križić continued his studies of spirituality at the Teresianum, where he received his master's degree in 1978.

Fr. Zdenko held numerous positions: Prefect of the Minor Seminary of the Carmelite Fathers in Zagreb (1978–1984); first adviser to the Carmelite Commissariat (1984–1990); prior of the monastery in Remete-Zagreb (1984–1990); external professor at the Institute for Christian Spirituality in Zagreb (1984–2012); Provincial of the Croatian Carmelite Province of Saint Joseph the Father (1990–1996); Vicar of the Province (1996-2002); prior of the monastery in Remete, Zagreb (1996–1997); prior of the newly founded monastery in Krk (1997–2002); master of novices (1997–1999); Provincial of the Croatian Carmelite Province (2002–2003); Vicar General of the Order of Carmel (2003–2009); prior of the monastery in Krk and provincial advisor (2011–2012); since 2012 he has been the rector of the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome until his election as bishop.[1]

On April 4, 2016, he was appointed by Pope Francis as the second Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Gospić-Senj. On May 25, 2016, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Josip Bozanić and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Gospić.[2]