During his studies, Bogdan served as a senior prefect of Split archdiocesan seminary from January 1977 to autumn 1979.

Bogdan was ordained as a deacon for Archdiocese of Split-Makarska by Archbishop Frane Franić in Split cathedral on 24 June 1979.

[2] In autumn of 1992, Bogdan was sent by Archbishop Ante Jurić to attend study of pastoral theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

In addition, Cardinal Camillo Ruini appointed Bogdan as a rector of Saint Jerome of the Croats church.

He was consecrated on 27 February 2016 by archbishop Marin Barišić, with co-consecrators being cardinal Josip Bozanić, and bishop Juraj Jezerinac, his predecessor.