Naslov
Ivan Rafael Rodić - Franciscan and Archbishop of Belgrade

Autori
Patafta, Daniel

Izvornik
Review of Croatian history (1845-4380) 14 (2018), 1; 267-294

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Franciscans, apostolic administrator, archbishop of Belgrade, guardian, provincial, visitator, Crisineum, lottery, friars

Sažetak
Friar Ivan Rafael Rodić was the fi rst archbishop of Belgrade (1924-1936). Before obtaining his position as the archbishop, he performed a series of signifi cant and demanding services within his province, but also on the wider level of the Church. He was also a professor of Biblical studies at the Study of Th eology in Baja, a participant of the reform movement of the Franciscan Order in Croatia, the fi rst custos of the newly founded Croatian Franciscan province of SS Cyril and Methodius, the offi ce he held on two occassions. He was also guardian of the Franciscan convents in Zagreb, Varaždin and Trsat, provincial defi nitor, and minister provincial during the period from 1912 to 1918. He rebuilt the churches in Zagreb, Ilok and Vienna, edited homiletic journal Dušobrižnik [Curator of souls], reorganized the Th ird Order of the Franciscans in Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina, and united them into the Alliance of the Th ird Order. He was the founder of the Society of St. Raphael and organised the pastoral care for Croatian immigrants in Canada and USA, where he was also the fi rst church visitator. He was one of the leading members of the Croatian Catholic Movement. In 1923, he was appointed as the apostolic administrator of Banat, and the next year he became the fi rst archbishop of Belgrade. As the archbishop, he organised the life of the Catholics within his archdiocese, founded new parishes and entrusted some of them to friars ; encouraged the development of Catholic press and organisation of Catholic associations. He had successfully worked on the edifi cation of ecclesiastical administration and pastoral life of his archdiocese. He resigned from his position aft er suff ering a fi nancial crash, due to the building of the Convict of Blessed Crisinus in Zagreb and unsuccessful organisation of the lottery aimed towards the fund-raising for building of the Belgrade cathedral. Aft er the resignation, he resided in the Franciscan convents of Hrvatska Kostajnica and Požega, where he passed away in 1954.

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Engleski

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