Review article
PERSECUTIONS OF THE BOSNIAN GREEK CATHOLICS IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENIANS / YUGOSLAVIA ACCORDING TO THE CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC PRESS
Daniel PATAFTA
Abstract
Persecution of the Bosnian Greek Catholics in the Kingdom of SCS / Yugoslavia was a part of a hideous master-plan to convert Greek Catholic Ukrainians back to the Orthodoxy. This was a part of coordinated policy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, central
government and local authorities. Although one can find traces of similar persecutions in Vojvodina and Dalmatia, this oppression against Greek Catholics were the most severe in Bosnia. The local community of Greek Catholic Ukrainians in Bosnia had a rather long
tradition since the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and up to the 1918 they have managed to organize their ecclesiastical hierarchy. According to the author’s opinion, these persecutions of Greek Catholics in Bosnia, followed with an aggressive Orthodox
proselytism, should be viewed in the context of the government’s policy towards the Catholic Church, which was at that time exceptionally unfavorable.
Keywords
Greek Catholics; colonization; Bosnia; Vojvodina; Dalmatia; Serbian Orthodox Church; persecutions; proselytism; Catholic Church; Diocese of Banja Luka; Janko Šimrak; Mirko Boić; Vasilij Stryliček; Vasilij Mojsijenko
Hrčak ID:
144080
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2015.
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