Fr. Slaven (Zlatko) Mijatovic
Fr. Slaven was born in Ljubuski, Herzegovina on March 29, 1965. He completed his grade school in Ljubuski and then went on to Visoko where he attended high school.l. He received the Franciscan habit in 1983 in Humac. Fr. Slaven studied theology in Sarajevo, Makarska and Bologna, Italy. He was ordained in Fulda, Germany on June 23, 1991. The following three years he spent as assistant pastor at SS. Peter and Paul in Mostar (1991-1993) and at St. Katherine in Grude (1993-1994). He arrived in the United States on September 18, 1994 and proceeded to Washington, D.C. to study English.  Fr. Slaven was appointed assistant pastor at Our Lady of Peace in Norval (1995-1997) and then was appointed pastor of St. Lucy's Parish in Troy until 2000.  The following two years he served as pastor of St. Cyril and Methodius in New York.  From May 2002 to June 2003 he resided at St. Anthony Custody in Chicago.  He then returned to the Homeland and is currently serving as vicar in St. Nicholas Tavelic in Tomislavgrad.