Born in Šibenik, Dalmatia, Božidar Petranović was one of the first Dalmatian Serbs to be educated in the newly constructed Metropolitanate of Karlovci's Gymnasium of Karlovci.
Božidar Petranović, a native of Šibenik in Dalmatia, received his education at the inaugural Gymnasium of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci.