Nikola Ferić
Nikola Ferić | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Trebinje-Mrkan |
| Appointed | 26 March 1792 |
| Installed | 9 April 1792 |
| Term ended | 30 May 1819 |
| Predecessor | Anzelmo Katić |
| Successor | Dominik Sokolović (as diocesan administrator) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 April 1759 by Arkanđel Lunić |
| Consecration | 9 April 1792 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1736 |
| Died | 30 May 1819 (aged 83) Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Austria |
| Buried | Franciscan friary, Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Denomination | Catholic |
Nikola Ferić (10 May 1736 – 30 May 1819) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1792 to 1819. Ferić was the last residential bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan, which was, ever since his death, administered by the bishops of Dubrovnik and the bishops of Mostar-Duvno.
Ferić, born in Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa, received his education in Dubrovnik and Italy, where he became a doctor of theology. After being ordained a priest in 1759, he held various duties, including being a parish priest, papal missionary, synodal examiner, and a confessor of the Poor Clares. In 1792, he was nominated by the Ragusan Senate to become the bishop of Trebinje-Mrkan, and his appointment was confirmed by the Pope that same year. After his consecration, the Ragusan diplomacy tried to obtain a firman from the Ottoman Sultan so that Ferić might freely exercise his duties on the Ottoman part of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. After a lengthy effort, Ferić received the firman, possibly only in 1798.