Diocese of Dubrovnik

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diocese of Dubrovnik
Basic data
Country Croatia
Ecclesiastical province Split-Makarska
Metropolitan bishopric Split-Makarska Archdiocese
Diocesan bishop Mate Uzinić
surface 1,368 km²
Parishes 84 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 80,125 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 74,384 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 92.8%
Diocesan priest 54 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 37 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 817
Friars 40 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 185 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Croatian
cathedral Uznesenja Marijina Cathedral
Website dubrovnik.hbk.hr
Dubrovnik Cathedral

The Diocese of Dubrovnik ( Croatian : Dubrovačka biskupija ; Latin : Dioecesis Ragusina ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia . As a suffragan it is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska . Saint Blaise has been the patron saint of the Diocese of Dubrovnik since 972 .

history

The diocese of Dubrovnik goes back to the ancient bishopric of Epidauros (today Cavtat ) in the province of Dalmatia . According to tradition, the first Christians in the region were evangelized in the 1st century by Titus , a companion of the apostle Paul .

Due to the invasions of the Avars and Slavs and the later settlement of the still pagan Slavs in the Balkans, many of the region's ancient bishoprics perished. Epidaurus was destroyed by the Avars in 639 . The then Bishop Johannes fled to the Ragusa area with the population. In 990 a new diocese was founded there. This bishopric was given the status of an archbishopric by Pope Calixt II in 1120 . The dioceses of Trebinje (today Trebinje-Mrkan ), Kotor and some other dioceses in Dioclea were assigned to Ragusa as suffragans . Later the inner Bosnian diocese Vrh Bosna was added.

Until 1205 the area of ​​the diocese of Dubrovnik was under Byzantine, from then until 1358 under Venetian sovereignty. Then until 1808, i.e. 450 years, it was the state bishopric of the independent Republic of Ragusa . The popes promoted the diocese to varying degrees in the Middle Ages, not least because they wanted to strengthen the Catholic position in the conflict with the Bosnian Church and the Bogumils in Bosnia. At the same time, they sought to expand Catholic influence in the Zeta . Later the struggle against the Ottomans came to the fore.

Various donations and foundations testify to the papal benevolence for the diocese: For example, Pope Benedict XI. (1303–1304) helped the Ragusans with the construction of the Dominican church. Pope Paul III (1536–1549) placed the order for the construction of the Domus Christi Hospice. Pope Pius V (1556–1573) sent the builder Suporoso Mattenucci to Ragusa to fortify the city walls against the Ottomans . Pope Pius II (1458–1464) assisted the people of Ragusa in their defense against the Ottomans by not only providing them with material support for the construction of the Revetin fortress , he even sent his bodyguards to help.

Pius II even wanted to come to Ragusa himself; but he fell ill on the way there and died in Ancona in May 1464 . In this context, it is worth mentioning that a document from the Senate of Ragusa dated May 23, 1464 has been preserved, which lists exactly what is to be done to receive this "noble" guest and his entourage in the city and throughout the Republic.

As a result of the dissolution of the republic and the transition of Dalmatia to the Habsburg monarchy, the dioceses of the region were redistributed by the Holy See after 1815 (papal bull "Locum beati Petri" of June 30, 1828). Since then, Dubrovnik has ceased to be an archbishopric and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Split-Makarska. Since then it has also included the former bishoprics of Ston and Korcula.

During the Croatian War , half of the territory of the Diocese of Dubrovnik was occupied by Yugoslav and Serbian forces. 31.6% percent of the sacred buildings of the Diocese of Dubrovnik were destroyed or badly damaged.

literature

  • The wounded church in Croatia. The destruction of the sacred building heritage of Croatia 1991–1995 , ed. vd Croatian Bishops' Conference u. a. Zagreb 1996. ISBN 953-6525-02-X

See also

Web links