fra Marko Puljić, ofm

Fra Marko Puljić je rođen 3. listopada 1954. godine u Vranjevićima u Hercegovini.  U rodnom mjestu je završio osnovnu školu, a Franjevačku klasičnu gimnaziju u Splitu.  Franjevcem je postao 1973. u franjevačkom samostanu na Humcu.  Filozofsko-teološke znanosti studirao je u Sarajevu i Augsburgu, gdje je diplomirao i zaređen za svećenika 9. kolovoza 1981. godine.  U Domovini djeluje na župi Sv. Petra i Pavla u Mostaru (1981.-1983.).  Dana 23. ožujka 1983. dolazi u SAD te biva imenovan župnim pomoćnikom u župi Sv. Ćirila i Metoda u New Yorku i tu ostaje do god. 1989.  Nakon New Yorka, god. 1989. odlazi za župnika u Milwaukee, a pet godina kasnije, 1994., za župnika u New York.  Od rujna 2000. – srpnja 2001. godine bio je župnik župe sv. Lucije u Troyu. 

U srpnju 2001. godine, fra Marko je izabran za kustosa Franjevačke kustodije i tu dužnost vršio je do 2009 godine.  Fra Marko je obnašao službu savjetnika Kustodije u četiri navrata (1988.- 1997. i od 2000. – 2001.), te uređivao Franjevački vjesnik. Od 2009. godine postaje župnikom Hrvatskog franjevačkog središta "Kraljice mira" u Norvalu.

Fr. Marko was born October 3, 1954 in Vranjevići, Herzegovina. There he finished grammar school, and he completed his high school education at the seminary in Split. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1973 in Humac. He studied philosophy and theology in Sarajevo and Augsburg, Germany where he graduated and was ordained a priest on August 9, 1981. He first served at the parish of SS.. Peter and Paul in Mostar (1981-1983). On March 23, 1983 he came to the United States and was named assistant pastor of SS. Cyril and Methodius in New York (1983-1989). He was appointed pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Milwaukee (1989-1994), and in 1994 he was appointed pastor at SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish in New York where he was serving until September 2000. He then became pastor of St. Lucy's in Troy, Michigan. In July 2001, he was chosen as Custos of the Croatian Franciscan Custody which function he held until 2009. 

Fr. Marko also served on Custodial Board for four terms (1988-1997 & 2000-2003), and he was the editor of the Custodial Newsletter "Croatian Franciscan Herald". In 2009, Fr. Marko became pastor of the Croatian Franciscan Centre "Queen of Peace" in Norval, Canada.