Catholic Church in Croatia
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The Catholic Church in Croatia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church that is under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. The Latin Church in Croatia is administered by the Croatian Bishops' Conference centered in Zagreb, and it comprises five archdioceses, 13 dioceses and one military ordinariate. Dražen Kutleša is the Archbishop of Zagreb.
Baptism of the Croats by Bela Čikoš Sesija
Church of the Holy Cross in Nin, built in the 9th century, is known under the moniker of "the smallest cathedral in the world"
Pluteus located in the baptistery of Church of St John in Split
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. At 46 years of age, she also became the youngest person to assume the presidency.
From left to right: Grabar-Kitarović, Sallabanda and De Hoop Scheffer with President George W. Bush, who is signing protocols in support of Albanian and Croatian accession to NATO, 2008
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in 2014.
President Grabar-Kitarović with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry at the Equal Futures Partnership meeting, 2016