Msgr. Mijo Gorski was born on September 17, 1952 in Gora Veternička, the Parish of Mihovljan. After completing primary school, in 1967 he entered the Archdiocesan Minor Seminary in Zagreb, and in 1972 he entered the Archdiocesan Theological Seminary in Zagreb. He completed his studies in theology at the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb in 1977.
He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Zagreb by Archbishop Franjo Kuharić on June 26, 1977 in the Zagreb Cathedral. He served as a parish vicar in the Parish of St. Vitus in Vrbovec (1978-1979) and in the Parish of St. Blaise in Zagreb (1979-1982). He was the administrator of the Parish of St. Matthew, Zagreb-Dugave (1982-1997) and the Parish of St. Anastasia in Samobor (1997-1998) and pastor of the Parish of St. Blaise in Zagreb (1998-2002). He served as episcopal vicar for the city of Zagreb from 1999 to 2004, and from 2001 to 2004 he was archdeacon of the Cathedral Archdeaconry. From 2002 to 2008 he served as rector of the Archdiocesan Theological Seminary, and from 2008 to 2014 as director of the Archdiocesan Institution for the Support of Clergy and Other Church Servants.
He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb on 3 May 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, and consecrated as bishop on 3 July 2010 by the Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanić.
Services in the Zagreb Archdiocese: Vicar General (with special pastoral care for the area of the Cathedral and Remete-Sesvete Archdeaconry); Episcopal Vicar for the City of Zagreb; Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Zagreb; President of the Commission for Construction and Repair of Church Buildings; President of the Commission for Relations with the City of Zagreb; Delegated President of the Economic Council of the Zagreb Archdiocese; Member of the Board of Advisors of the Zagreb Archdiocese; Member of the Presbyterian Council of the Zagreb Archdiocese; Member of the Business Committee of the Presbyterian Council of the Zagreb Archdiocese; Delegated President and Member of the Committee for the Arrangement of the Cathedral Treasury; President of the Committee of the Zagreb Archdiocese for the Reconstruction of Parish Churches and Church Buildings Damaged by the Earthquake; President of the Committee of the Zagreb Archdiocese for the Reconstruction of the Šalata Complex after the Earthquake.
Services in the Croatian Bishops' Conference: Member of the Bishops' Commission of the Croatian Bishops' Conference for Relations with the State; President of the Committee for the Media.
