Đuro Kokša
Đuro Kokša (born May 17, 1922 in Molve , Koprivnica-Križevci County , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ; † November 26, 1998 in Zagreb ) was a priest , theologian and auxiliary bishop in Zagreb .
Life
The son of Peter Kokša and his wife Maria R. geb. Kolar attended elementary school in his hometown. Subsequently, the humanistic high school in Zagreb and entered the seminary of the Archdiocese of Zagreb after graduating from high school . After philosophical and theological studies at the University of Zagreb in 1941, he went to Rome , became a member of the Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe and studied church history, theology and canon law at the Pontifical Gregoria University from December 23, 1942 . On October 26, 1947, he was ordained a priest along with seven other candidates for the priesthood . He celebrated his primacy in the church of the Pontifical Croatian University of St. Jerome in Rome. He received a gold medal with his degree in church history. In theology he did his doctorate on the subject was "The teaching of the scholastics of the XVI XVII centuries and of grace and the merit of the Old Testament righteous" In Philosophe he acquired a licentiate . He studied and researched further in Vatican libraries and archives. On September 11, 1957, Archbishop Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac appointed him Vice-Rector and on September 11, 1959, Rector of the Pontifical Croatian University of St. Jerome in Rome.
On April 20, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed him . as auxiliary bishop in Zagreb and at the same time titular bishop of Grumentum . It was consecrated on July 23, 1978 in the Zagreb Cathedral by Franjo Kuharić , Archbishop of Zagreb. Co- consecrators were Josip Lach and Mijo Škvorc , SJ , both auxiliary bishops in Zagreb. Archbishop Kuharić appointed him his vicar general .
Bishop Đuro Kokša was a great art lover, he collected old and modern masters. His collection was exhibited in the Klovićevi Palace in Zagreb in 1989.
In the Croatian Bishops' Conference (CBC), he was President of the Council for Ecumenism and the Council for Culture.
He died on November 26, 1998 and was buried on December 2, 1998 in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Biography Đuro Kokša on the website of the Parish of Our Lady Assumption in Molve (Croatian)
- HRT Hrvatska radiotelevizija Obituary for the death of Bishop Đuro Kokša (Croatian)
- Entry for Đuro Kokša on catholic-hierarchy.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kokša, Đuro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Zagreb |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Molve , Croatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1998 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |