Augustin Miletić

Fra Augustin Miletić (1763–1831) was a Bosnian Croat Franciscan and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the apostolic vicar of Bosnia from 1813 to his death in 1831

The Most Reverend Augustin Miletić O.F.M.
Apostolic Vicar of Bosnia Titular Bishop of Daulis
Portrait of Augustin Miletić from 1803
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Bosnia
Appointed	1 March 1813
Term ended	18 July 1831
Predecessor	Grgo Ilijić
Successor	Rafael Barišić
Other posts	Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Bosnia (1803–13)
Orders
Consecration	12 June 1803 by Giuseppe Peruzzi
Personal details
Born	c. 1762 Fojnica, Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Died	18 July 1831 (aged 68–69) Livno, Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Buried	Rapovine, Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Croat
Denomination	Catholic

Biography

Fra Augustin Miletić was born 16 February 1763 in Fojnica in Eyalet of Bosnia. He entered the Franciscan order after ending the primary education in Fojnica. He finished high school in Graz and studied philosophy and theology in Italy. When he finished his studies he became a professor of philosophy and theology in Brescia and Padua. Later he became a bishop of Grgo Ilijić (1798–1813), and in the same year, he became also the Apostolic administration of the Apostolic Vicariate in Bosnia. After the bishop Grgo Ilijić's death, he was appointed bishop of the same Vicariate (1813–1831). Fra Augustin Miletić died in Livno 1831, during one of his many pastoral visits.

The chronicle Fra Mato Mitić wrote about Augustin Miletić in following way: "All I can say, while some prelate of this kind among Bosnians come, many centuries will pass away."[1]

References

1. Stoljeća Bosne Srebrene - dokumentarni film (1988) - 2. dio [Centuries of Bosna Srebrena - the documentary (1988) - 2nd part] (in Croatian). Unknown. 1988. Retrieved 30 January 2012.