Vladimiro Boric Crnosija
Appointed1 February 1949
Orders
Ordination2 October 1949
by Pope Pius XII
Personal details
Born
Vladimiro Américo Jorge Boric Crnosija

(1906-04-23)23 April 1906
Punta Arenas, Chile
Died29 August 1973(1973-08-29) (aged 67)
Santiago, Chile

Vladimiro Américo Jorge Boric Crnosija (Croatian: Vladimir Borić Crnošija; 23 April 1905 – 29 August 1973) was a Chilean cleric and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Punta Arenas.[1]

He was born to Juan (Ive) Boric and Natalia Crnosija, both Croatian immigrants,[2] and completed his primary studies at the San José School.[3] He became ordained in 1930 and was appointed bishop in October 1949 by Pope Pius XII, becoming the first bishop of his hometown of Punta Arenas.[4] He died in Santiago on 29 August 1973, at the age of 68, less than two weeks before the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.[3] His grandnephew, Gabriel Boric Font, is the current president of Chile.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B." Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Vladimiro Americo Jorge Boric Crnosija". FamilySearch. Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965. Rio de Janeiro: Arquivo Nacional. 1955. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  3. ^ a b "45 Años de la Pascua de Mons. Vladimiro Boric Crnosija". Iglesia de Magallanes (in Spanish). 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  4. ^ a b Alarcón, Maximiliano (2021-10-31). "Boric antes de Boric: los años de vida acomodada, poesía e influencia anarco-sindicalista que marcaron su juventud". Interferencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-26.
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