Archbishop Nikola Eterović

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Cibalae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jan 1951		Born
26 Jun 1977	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
22 May 1999	48.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Siscia
22 May 1999	48.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine
10 Jul 1999	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Siscia
11 Feb 2004	53.0	Appointed	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
30 Nov 2009	58.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cibalae
21 Sep 2013	62.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany
9 Apr 2026	75.2	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

MicroData Summary
Nikola Eterović
Archbishop Nikola Eterović
(born 20 Jan 1951)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Pucisca
Ordained Priest Saint-Etienne, Cathedral, Hvar, Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
Ordained Bishop Saint-Etienne, Cathedral, Hvar, Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Celestin (Duje) Bezmalinović, O.P. †
Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ante Jurić †
Archbishop of Split-Makarska
Bishop Slobodan Štambuk †
Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marian Buczek (2002)
Bishop Leon Mały (2002)
Bishop Bronisław Bernacki † (2002)
Bishop Vitaliy Skomarovskyi (2003)
Bishop Mariano Crociata (2007)
Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pucisca
Ordained Priest	Saint-Etienne, Cathedral, Hvar, Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Etienne, Cathedral, Hvar, Diocese of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/294349
VIAF: 102287324
WikiData: Q1990608

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,584
ab: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2013
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 13 Sep 2023
r: Bollettino, 9 Apr 2026

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