Želimir Puljić

Priesthood Ordained to the priesthood on 24 March 1974, for the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno, Puljić was appointed Bishop Dubrovnik on 7 December 1989 and was ordained into that office on 14 January 1990. Bishop Puljić became the archbishop of Zadar on 15 March 2010. It is popularly believed that the relics of Saint Simeon, one of the patron saints of Zadar, lie in the Church of Saint Simeon, in Zadar.

On 14 January 2023, the Apostolic Nunciature announced that the Pope accepted Puljić's renunciation from the service and appointed Milan Zgrablić his successor.

Memberships Puljić served in various capacities in the Croatian Bishops' Conference. He was a member of the Permanent Council of the HBK from 1996 to 2002, president of the Family Council from 199 to 1998, member of the Commission for the Croatian Institute of St. Jerome in Rome from 1997 to 2002, member of the Commission for the Regulation of Relations with the State from 1996 to 2002, and president of the HBK from 1999 to 2002.

He was a member of the Governing Council of the University of Zagreb from 1993 to 1995 and a member of the Council of the University of Dubrovnik from 2005 to 2009.