 He is also the permanent apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan.In June 1975, in order to settle jurisdictional disputes between the Franciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Diocese, Pope Paul VI issued a decree, "Romanis Pontificibus", specifying which parishes the friars could retain and which were to be turned over to be administered by diocesan clergy.By 1980 the friars had still not relinquished ten named parishes.