Dominik Sokolović

Dominik Sokolović (10 June 1776 – 1 October 1837) was a Croatian priest in the Catholic Church who served as a capitular vicar of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan.

Sokolović was ordained in 1799 and served in the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan, part of the Ottoman Empire bordering modern-day Austria.Sokolović was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 10 June 1776.

[6] Though the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan named one of their own Grgo Matuško as the diocesan administrator, Đuro Ferić appointed Sokolović to the post,[4][7] a decision supported by the Austrian government.

[8] Upon Sokolović's death in 1837, despite continued insistence by the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan to elevate one of their own priests, the Austrian diplomacy appointed another diocesan administrator from Dubrovnik, Nikola Đuran as the new bishop.

[8] Although the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan requested the Propaganda to appoint Maslać as the new bishop, the Dubrovnik chapter chose Nikola Đuran as the new diocesan administrator.