Communist Europe (8)

~ Martyrs Killed in odium fidei under Communist Regimes ~

in Eastern Europe [8]

(14) LEO PETROVIĆ AND 65 COMPANION MARTYRS

FROM THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS MINOR OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

        1.        NIKOLA NALETILIĆ (STJEPAN)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 01 November 1907 in Lise, Široki Brije (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

died: 24 May 1942 at Zanagline, Kupres (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        2.        NIKOLA GALIĆ (KRIŽAN)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 30 November 1870 in Gorica, Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
                    died: 30 October 1944 in Medjugorje, Čitluk (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        3.        LJUBO JURČIĆ (MAKSIMILIJAN)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 09 October 1913 in Ružići, Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
                    died: 28 January 1945 in Vrgorac, Splitsko-Dalmatinska (Croatia)


        4.        MARIJAN SESAR (PETAR)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 02 April 1895 in Kočerin, Široki Brijegi (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
                    died: 01 February 1945 in Čapljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        5.        STJEPAN PANDŽIĆ (KREŠIMIR)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 04 March 1892 in Drinovci, Grude (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        6.        LUDVIG ZUBAC (LEOPOLD AUGUSTIN)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 09 December 1890 in Čitluk (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        7.        MATO ZLOPAŠA (ROLAND)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 29 May 1912 in Posušje (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        8.        PERO GRUBIŠIĆ (ZVONKO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 07 February 1915 in Posuški Gradac, Posušje

                                        (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        9.        KARLO JURIĆ (RUDO)
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 23 March 1925 in Radešine, Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        10.      ANTE SUŠAC (KORNELIJE)
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 25 August 1925 in Cerno, Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

died: 06 February 1945 in Mostarski Gradac,

Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        11.      JURE GAŠPAR (FILIP)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 15 April 1893 in Ambar, Tomislavgrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        12.      GABRIJEL IVANKOVIĆ (ĆIRIL)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 28 February 1878 in Rakitno, Posušje (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
                    died: 06 February 1945 in Čitluk (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        13.      MATE BARBARIĆ-LESKO (MARKO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 19 February 1865 in Klobuk, Ljubuški

                                      (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        14.      PETAR KRALJEVIĆ (STANKO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 12 August 1871 in Duboko Mokro, Široki Brijeg

                                      (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        15.      IVAN SLIŠKOVIĆ (IVO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 25 April 1877 in Duboko Mokro, Široki Brijeg

                                      (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        16.      NIKOLA KRALJEVIĆ (KRSTO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 21 March 1895 in Grljevići, Ljubuški

                                      (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
        17.      ARKANĐEO NUIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1896
        18.      DOBROSLAV ŠIMOVIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1907
        19.      TADIJA KOŽUL
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1909
        20.      BORISLAV PANDŽIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1910
        21.      ŽARKO LEVENTIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1919
        22.      VIKTOR KOSIR
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1924
        23.      STJEPAN MAJIĆ
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1925
        24.      LUDOVIK RADOŠ
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1925

died: 07 February 1945 in Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        25.      ANDRIJA JELČIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1904
        26.      BONIFACIJE MAJIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1883 in Vitina
        27.      RADOSLAV VUKŠIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1894
        28.      FABIJAN PAPONJA
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1897
        29.      LEONARDO RUPČIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1907
        30.      MILJENKO IVANKOVIĆ
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1924
        31.      MELHIOR PRLIĆ
                    professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1912
        32.      FABIJAN KORDIĆ
                    professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1890
                    died: 08 February 1945 in Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        33.      JAKOV KRIŽIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1893 in Roško Polje

died: 09 February 1945 in Čitluk (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        34.      MARIOFIL SIVRIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1913

                    died: 10 February 1945 in Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        35.      JULIJAN KOŽUL
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1906
        36.      PAŠKO MARTINAC
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1882 in Dragićina
                    died: 10 February 1945 in Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        37.      MARTIN SOPTA
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1891
                    died: 11 or 12 February 1945 in Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        38.      ZDENKO ZUBAC
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1911
        39.      SLOBODAN LONČAR
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1915

                    died: 13 February 1945 in Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        40.      MARKO DRAGIĆEVIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1902
        41.      NEVINKO MANDIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1908
        42.      BONO ANDAČIĆ
                    professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1903
                    died: 11 February 1945 in Izbično,
                                        Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        43.      LEO PETROVIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 28 February 1883 in Klobuk, Ljubuški
                                        (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

        44.      GRGO VASILJ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1886
        45.      JOZO BENCUN
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1896
        46.      BERNARDIN SMOLJAN
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1884
        47.      KAŽIMIR BEBEK
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1901
        48.      RAFO PRUSINA
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1884
        49.      NENAD VENANCIJE PEHAR
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1910
                    died: 14 February 1945 in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        50.      IVAN JELAVIĆ (BONO)
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 17 November 1898 in Veljaci, Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
                    died: 03 May 1945 in Velika Gorica, Zagrebačka Županja (Croatia)


        51.      VALENTIN ZOVKO
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1889
        52.      ANDRIJA TOPIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1919
                    died: 20 May 1945 in Kočerin, Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)


        53.      RADOSLAV GLAVAŠ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1909 in Drinovci
                    died: 27 May 1945 in Zagreb (Croatia)


        54.      BRUNO ADAMČIK
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1908 in Konjic
        55.      ANĐELKO NUIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1908
        56.      BRANKO ŠUŠAK
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1912
        57.      JENKO VASILJ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1914
        58.      EMIL STIPIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1912
        59.      DANE ČOLAK
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1916
        60.      TIHOMIR ZUBAC
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1918
        61.      LUJO MILIĆEVIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1919
        62.      SVETISLAV MARKOTIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1921
        63.      ANTE MAJIĆ
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1922
                    died: from the middle to the end of May 1945 in Bleiburg,

Carinthia (Austria)

        64.      METOD PULJIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1912
        65.      DARINKO MIKULIĆ
                    professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1919
        66.      JULIJAN PETROVIĆ
                    professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor
                    born: 1923
                    died: 04 or 05 June 1945 in Krapina,

                                        Krapinsko-Zagorska (Croatia)

competent diocese: Mostar-Duvno

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

nihil obstat:

opening of diocesan inquiry:

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

submission of Positio to CCS:

congress of theological consultants:

ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

postulator:

petitioner: Hercegovačka franjevačka provincija Uznesenja BDM, Franjevačka 1, pp 153,

88000 Mostar, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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