Pregledni rad
Bishop Antun Mandić – Founder of the Theological Seminary and the Study of Philosophy and Theology in Đakovo. Life and Work
Marin Srakić
; Biskupija đakovačko-srijemska
Sažetak
Based on the archive materials and the available bibliography the paper deals with the life and work of Antun Mandić, the Bishop of Bosnia or Đakovo and Srijem, who belongs among the persons who influenced the course of events in the ecclesiastic, cultural, educational and political life of the second half of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. He was born in Požega in 1740. Having finished the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology in Vienna he was ordained priest in 1763. He assumed the office of the first rector of the Požega Seminary, the parish rector in Kobaš and Lipovljani, and after his appointment as the canon of the Zagreb Cathedral Chapter he assumed the office of the vicar general and was appointed the nominal bishop of Priština. In 1806 he was appointed
the Bishop of Bosnia or Đakovo and Srijem. Antun Mandić won special merits for his work at the implementation of the
school reform and as the member of the commission for the regulation of orthography. However, he came into special prominence by founding the Theological Seminary and the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology in Đakovo in 1806 and by taking care of a solid priest formation and of the education of the lay faithful. Bishop Mandić was very keen on Đakovo and the manorial estate to obtain a new appearance and hence had the Bishop’s residence renovated so as to provide comfort for the household members and the guests. Moreover, during
eight years of his running the Diocese he succeeded in furnishing all parish centers with elementary schools. The biographers say that by character he was sincere, consistent, true to the given word and friendship. He was close to the little man, who he gladly paid visits to both in Đakovo and in the neighboring villages. He was a generous host, despite his vehement disposition. He died on 11 January 1815 and was buried on 14 January in the crypt of the old Cathedral of Đakovo.
Ključne riječi
Antun Mandić, Bishop of Bosnia or Đakovo and Srijem; school and orthography reform; Theological Seminary; Faculty of Philosophy and Theology in Đakovo; elementary schools; restoration of the Bishop’s manorial estate
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47690
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Datum izdavanja:
26.9.2006.
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