being enslaved by Smail Agha Čengić, an Ottoman landlord. In 1879, Vodopić was appointed a canon of the Diocese of Dubrovnik. In 1882, the news circulated that he would be appointed the bishop of Dubrovnik. In September 1882, the news was confirmed. He is currently the only native of Dubrovnik to serve as the bishop of Dubrovnik since the collapse of the Republic of Ragusa. In 1887, Vodopić got barbell on both of his eyes. He removed a barbell from his one eye and was able to read with the help of glasses. At the end of the 1880s, his health was ailing. He could barely walk and was carried in a carrier. Just before his death, Vodopić hardly bread. Before his death, Vodopić burned some of the works from his early youth, considering them unworthy. He died in Dubrovnik on 9 AM. Episcopate Vodopić was nominated as the bishop of Dubrovnik by Franz Joseph I of Austria on 19 March 1882 and was consecrated on 3 July 1882 in Dubrovnik. Exemption of Trebinje-Mrkan The Catholics of Trebinje-Mrkan became frustrated with the lack of material aid from the new authorities, as well as the inactivity of Vodopić as their administrator. Moreover, Bishop Paškal Buconjić of Mostar-Duvno systematically usurped northern and north-eastern parts of the Diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan for his own diocese. Provicar of Trebinje-Mrkan Lazar Lazarević wrote to the Propaganda in Rome on 11 June 1887, requesting again the appointment of the new bishop and protection of Catholics from the new authorities. In Sommer of the same year, Lazarević also wrote to the Austrian-Hungarian government in Sarajevo about Bishop Paškal's encroachment in Trebinje-Mrkan, however, his petition had no positive answer. Lazarević also warned Vodopić about his duties as Apostolic Administrator, but he didn't show much interest. Head of the Propaganda Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni asked the State Secretary Cardinal Mariano Rampolla to help with the improvement of the condition of Catholics in Trebinje-Mrkan. Cardinal Rampolla informed the Pope about the situation, who requested the new negotiations with the Austrian-Hungarian government. Cardinal Luigi Galimberti, the new Nuncio in Vienna, started the negotiations with Foreign Minister Count Gustav Kálnoky, and presented him Cardinal Rampolla's letter. Kálnoky in turn informed the Minister of Finances Béni Kállay about the situation, after which in June 1888, Kállay ordered an investigation about the Bishop Paškal's pretensions to Trebinje-Mrkan. Again, on 5 September 1888, the clergy of Trebinje-Mrkan