Mate Uzinić (Dubrava, Omiš, 17 September 1967) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who became Metropolitan Archbishop of Rijeka in 2022 after two years as coadjutor there.
Beginning in 1996 he continued his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he earned a licentiate in canon and civil law in 2000.
[1] He received his episcopal consecration from Marin Barišić, with Josip Bozanić and Želimir Puljić serving as co-consecrators on 19 March 2011.
[1] In Dubrovnik, Uzinić was recognized as "pastor and theologian of the conciliar spirit, open to the cooperation with lay faithful, builder of an ecumenical, dialogical and peace-oriented Christ's Church, responsible for the common world, for the brotherhood in motion.
[8] In an interview before the second Summer School of Theology (2021), Uzinić noted that some Catholics are again questioning the participation of women theologians.
The Agence France-Presse transmitted his statement and request for forgiveness in English[13][14] and the news was translated into Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish...[15] and published in several world media.
The School aroused great interest and brought together students of Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant theology offering them the opportunity to participate in an ecumenical and dialogical gathering where they could meet and confront each other.
Lecturers at the first school were: Carmelo Dotolo, Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Tina Beattie and Željko Tanjić, and at the second: Tomáš Halík, Teresa Forcades, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Ivan Šarčević and Miroslav Volf.