 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Buconjić, uyo akaberekerwa muDrinovci, Herzegovina, mukati mehutongi hweOttoman, akabatana neFranciscans muna 1851 uye mushure megore rekutanga, akava nhengo yepamutemo yeFranciscan Custody yeHerzegovina ichangobva kuumbwa muna 1852. Akaenda kuYunivhesiti yeFerrara muHumambo hweAustria, uye akagadzwa kuva muprista imomo muna 1856. Akabva adzidzisa paAntonianum muRome pakati pa1860 na1866, paakadzokera kuHerzegovina, kwaakadzidzisa pachikoro chemasvikiro eFranciscan friary muŠiroki Brijeg. Buconjić akava mufundisi muna 1871 uye muna 1873 mupristi weparishi muDrinovci. Akasarudzwa kuti ave Custos weFranciscan Custody yeHerzegovina muna 1874, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvika muna 1879. Munguva Yokumukira kweHerzegovinawe18751877, Buconjić naMbhishopi Anđeo Kraljević vakabatsira kudzikamisa vanhu veKaturike uye vakatsigira kubatanidzwa kweBosnia neHerzegovina neAustria-Hungary. Muna 1875, Buconjić akabudisa kabhuku kanonzi Zvikonzero Zvikuru Zvekumukira kwevaKristu muHerzegovina uye akaitumira kune vamiriri venyika dzinoverengeka dzeEurope, izvo zvakasimudza kuziva pakati pemasimba eEurope maererano nemamiriro evaKristu. PaCongress yeBerlin muna 1878, kwakasarudzwa kuti Bosnia neHerzegovina yaizotorwa neAustria-Hungary. Buconjić aiva munhu anokosha mune zvematongerwo enyika yeCroatia panguva yeAustro-Hungarian kutonga muBosnia neHerzegovina. 