Review article
IVAN RAFAEL RODIĆ, FRANCISCAN FROM TRSAT – THE FIRST ARCHBISHOP OF BELGRADE
Franjo Emanuel Hoško
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The Franciscan Ivan Rafael Rodić was the firs Archbishop of Belgrade (1924 – 1936). A year before he was nominated apostolic administrator in Banat. He left his service due to financial breakdown; this was brought about by the construction of the abbey of blessed Krizin in Zagreb, and further failure in lottery with which he intended to collect sufficient money to build a cathedral in Belgrade. While pointing out these two failures, we should not lose sight of circumstances under which he took over the position of archbishop in Belgrade and the reasons which brought him into such a difficult financial position and forced him to resign. To estimate his work in Belgrade we should consider all his work to build the administrative and pastoral structure of the Archdiocese in Belgrade.
Keywords
Archdiocese in Belgrade; Ivan Rafael Rodić; structure of archdiocese; parish; cathedral; abbey; lottery.
Hrčak ID:
219514
URI
Publication date:
12.7.2007.
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