Berislav Grgić
Berislav Grgić (Croatian: [běrislav ɡr̂ɡitɕ]; born 15 February 1960) is a Bosnian Croat bishop who served between 2008 and 2023 in Norway as the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelate of Tromsø, the northernmost Catholic bishopric in the world. Grgić fled Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War, arriving in Norway as a refugee and eventually becoming one of the highest-ranking officials of the Catholic Church in Norway.
Monsignor Berislav Grgić | |
|---|---|
| Prelate Emeritus of Tromsø | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Tromsø |
| Appointed | 18 December 2008 |
| Predecessor | Gerhard Goebel |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1986 by Franjo Komarica |
| Consecration | 28 March 2009 by Bernt Ivar Eidsvig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1960 Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Education | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Astare coram te |
| Coat of arms | |
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