2022100th Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Didak Buntic - First Day Cover

Friar Didak (Franjo) Buntić was born in Paoča on 09 October 1871 to parents Mijo and Matija née Stojić. Didak's father died early so his uncles took care of him, teaching him to read and write as a child. He finished elementary school in Gradnići, and in 1881 he came to Široki Brijeg to study to become a friar. He finished the gymnasium secondary school in Široki Brijeg and Humac. He started studying philosophy and theology at Humac and completed it in Innsbruck, where he also graduated classical philology. He put on the Franciscan habit in Humac in 1888, and took his solemn vows in 1892 in Innsbruck. where he was ordained a priest on 29 July 1894.