Fr. Tomislav Puljic

Fr. Tomislav was born September 22, 1974 in Kamena, parish Blagaj in Herzegovina. He finished grammar school in Blagaj and completed his high school education at the seminaries in Visoko and Sinj. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1993 in Humac. He completed his philosophy and theological studies at the Catholic Theological University in Zagreb in 1999. He came to the United States on August 24, 1999 and served as deacon at St. Lucy's Parish in Troy.  He was ordained for priesthood on May 7, 2000 at St. Jerome's Parish in Chicago, and was named its associate pastor in August 2001.  He also served for a short time (September 2000 - August 2001) as assistant pastor at Queen of Peace Parish in Norval.  In August 2004 he returned back to homeland.