Original scientific paper
THE ARCHBISHOP ČULE IN THE JAWS OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME
Marina Beus
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Abstract
The archbishop Petar Čule is definitely one of those people who marked
the church history in Herzegovina during communist Yugoslavia with
their life and work. He became a bishop during the existence of Independent
state of Croatia (NDH) and continued to fill the same position for
more than three and a half decades in the second Yugoslavia. The paper
deals with bishop’s work in two totally different state systems, with a special
reference to his relations to the communist regime, what resulted, as
emphasised in some chapters, with the bishop’s arrest and long incarceration,
but also his perseverance to get permission from the authorities
to build a cathedral in Mostar.
Keywords
Catholic Church; bishop Čule; Herzegovinian dioceses; NDH, communist authorities; indictment; trial; verdict; prison; incarceration; cathedral
Hrčak ID:
227766
URI
Publication date:
11.12.2013.
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