Didak Buntić

The Reverend Didak Buntić O.F.M.
Provincial of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina
Church	Catholic Church
Elected	27 May 1919
Term ended	3 February 1922
Predecessor	David Nevistić
Successor	Lujo Bubalo
Personal details
Born	Franjo Buntić (1871-10-09)9 October 1871 Paoča, Čitluk, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire
Died	3 February 1922(1922-02-03) (aged 50) Čitluk, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Nationality	Bosnian/Croatian
Denomination	Catholic
Residence	Franciscan monastery, Mostar

Fra Didak Buntić (9 October 1871 – 3 February 1922) was a Franciscan friar and educator from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life and entry to Franciscan order

Buntić was born on 9 October 1871. The next day he was baptized as Franjo Buntić. He entered the Franciscan order in 1888 (taking the name Didak) and finished seminary in 1894.

Career as teacher, friar, priest and politician

The next year he began teaching at the gymnasium in Široki Brijeg. During his time in Široki Brijeg, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built. He became the school's principal in 1911 and began to encourage the education of children from neighbouring villages. In 1919 he helped open a school in Zagreb to educate students from Herzegovina. That same year he became the head of the Franciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and moved to Mostar.

In 1920, he was elected to the Constitutional Assembly of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as a member of the Croatian Popular Party.

Death

He died in Čitluk in 1922 of a heart attack.

External links

• http://www.didak.net/