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SOME FEATURES OF THE PASTORAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BISHOP JURAJ DOBRILA (1858–1882)
Stipan TROGRLIĆ
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Author of this article tries to reveal the basic orientation of Juraj Dobrila’s pastoral work while he was the bishop of Pula and Poreč diocese (1858–1875) and afterwards the bishop of Trieste and Koper diocese (1875–1882). In his pastoral model a personal contact was
quite an important factor, since bishop Dobrila paid much attention on regular visitations to local parishes. Similarly, when in his diocese occurred scarcity of priests Dobrila found a simple and effective solution by opening seminaries. Consequently, Dobrila’s attitude
towards clergy in his diocese, as later bishop Andrija Šterk emphasizes, was caressing but also decisive. Still, Dobrila’s care for poor and neglected rural population, which was predominantly of the Croatian origin, sometimes was interpreted as nationalistic. However,
one has to admit that Dobrila wanted only that the Istrian Croatians to be treated as equal as their Italian neighbours. All these efforts Dobrila supported with the Biblical notion of law and justice. Therefore, judging by his pastoral work, Dobrila was often much
ahead of this time, and this can be additionally corroborated by his written pastoral work (breviaries, epistles and newspaper articles).
Ključne riječi
Juraj Dobrila; pastoral model; vocations; written word
Hrčak ID:
74302
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Datum izdavanja:
21.6.2011.
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