Matulić was born in Supetar on the island of Brač on October 26, 1966, as the tenth child.
He earned his master's degree (1995) and doctorate (1998) in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome.
[1] He continued his studies in the field of bioethics in various institutes in Italy and United States.
[2] From 1992 to 1993 Matulić was chaplain and pastor of the island of Hvar, and from 1998 to 1999 teacher of religious studies in primary school in Stari Grad, as well as a parish priest in Selca.
[4] In addition, Matulić is active in media as a theologian and intellectual, as well as commentator of religious, bioethical, social and political questions.