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Vinko Puljić is a male Catholic priest and bishop from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Born in Priječani in 1945, he holds Bosnian and Croat ethnicity and speaks Croatian. He serves as a cardinal priest within the Catholic Church. His ecclesiastical consecrators included John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Justin Francis Rigali.
Puljić has participated in the 2005, 2013, and 2025 papal conclaves. As an author, he has written five works, including *Korita prošlosti i pritoke sadašnjosti*, *Iz župnikove torbe*, *Vrhbosanska mjesna Crkva i njezin kardinal*, *Pisma sv. Pavlu*, and *Pisma Mariji*. His writings are referenced by 498 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Korita prošlosti i pritoke sadašnjosti
- Iz župnikove torbe
- Vrhbosanska mjesna Crkva i njezin kardinal
- Pisma sv. Pavlu
- Pisma Mariji
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1989-04-29
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests
· 2021 · cited 1,223x
- RORγt drives production of the cytokine GM-CSF in helper T cells, which is essential for the effector phase of autoimmune neuroinflammation
· 2011 · cited 1,065x
- 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases
· 2024 · cited 939x
- Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis
· 2019 · cited 793x
- Evolution of Mortality over Time in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
· 2013 · cited 542x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Archdiocese
- Vrhbosna
- Appointed
- 19 November 1990
- Installed
- 6 January 1991
- Term ended
- 29 January 2022
- Predecessor
- Marko Jozinović
- Successor
- Tomo Vukšić
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara
- Previous post
- President of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–2002; 2005–2010)
- Ordination
- 29 June 1970, by Stjepan Bauerlein
- Consecration
- 6 January 1991, by John Paul II
- Created cardinal
- 26 November 1994, by John Paul II
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Vinko Puljić , ( 1945-09-08 ) 8 September 1945 (age 80) , Banja Luka , Democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina , DF Yugoslavia
- Citizenship
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Residence
- Archdiocesan Chancery of Vrbosna, Sarajevo
- Motto
- Po Mariji u vjeri, nadi i ljubavi (With Mary in faith, hope and love)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vinko Puljić ( pronounced [ʋîːŋko pǔːʎit͜ɕ]; born 8 September 1945) is a Bosnian Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 1994. He was the archbishop of Vrhbosna from 1991 to 2022.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinko Puljić” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.