Archdiocese of Zadar

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Archdiocese of Zadar

Map of the Archdiocese of Zadar
Basic data
Country Croatia
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Želimir Puljić
founding 1964
surface 3,009 km²
Parishes 117 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents 169,074 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics 161,751 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of 95.7%
Diocesan priest 79 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest 38 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest 1,382
Friars 40 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters 138 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Croatian
cathedral St. Anastasia
address Zeleni trg 1
23000 Zadar
Website www.zadarskanadbiskupija.hr

The Archdiocese of Zadar ( Croatian : Zadarska nadbiskupija , Latin : Archidioecesis Iadrensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Croatia .

history

The Archdiocese of Zadar, which is now directly subordinate to the Holy See ( immediately ), is mentioned as a diocese as early as 530.

Donatus Church in Zadar
St. Anastasia Cathedral in Zadar

During the Avar invasions , the city of Zadar was spared and developed in ecclesiastical, political and ethnic terms. Donatus of Zadar (Croatian sveti Donat ) becomes the first bishop . In the 9th century he had the monumental Church of the Holy Trinity built in Zadar, which was named after him as the Church of Sv. Donat was named. In the 12th century the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese and metropolitan area.

Pope Alexander III lingers on a transit towards Venice before his meeting with Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa on March 13, 1177 in the city of Zadar. It is said that the clergy and the population of Zadar greeted him solemnly in the “ Slavic language ” with acclamations and chants .

Since 1607 the "Collegium Illiricum" was built in Zadar. From 1410 to 1820, Glagolitic scribes worked in the city of Zadar. The church registers in the area of ​​the archbishopric are mostly kept in Glagolitic script, written in Croatian-Glagolitic characters . Particular merits for the Croatian-Glagolitic literature in the area of ​​the Archdiocese of Zadar go to the Capuchin Order . This order has been based in Zadar and the surrounding area since the 13th century.

On June 30, 1828 the archbishopric was restructured by the Austrian Empire . The Archdiocese of Zadar was certified as a metropolis. Its administrative area was extended to the famous Nin diocese . With the Rapallo Peace Agreement on February 11, 1920, four municipalities of the Archdiocese fall to Italy . In addition, the archbishopric is deprived of its metropolitan status. However, it remains an archdiocese, which is subordinate to the Holy See in Rome with other suffragan bishoprics. This fact remains until the end of the Second World War . On March 1, 1948, the Holy See issued a rescript that re-authenticated and confirmed the old administrative units of the Archdiocese of Zadar.

The city of Zadar once had 30 church buildings. Some of these monuments were destroyed during the Second World War. In 1970 the Romanesque monastery of the Holy Mother of God is renovated, in which Benedictine nuns have been resident since 1091. At the same time, the Benedictine monastery is a valuable testimony to Croatian culture and beliefs during the Croatian royal dynasty . The Cathedral of St. Simon ( Sv. Šimun in Croatian ) was built during the 12th and 13th centuries. The ornately designed, silver-plated shrine of Simeon is famous , as is the Franciscan and Dominican church in Zadar. The patron saint of the city of Zadar is St. Anastasia (Croatian Sv. Stošija ). The Cathedral of St. Anastasia , named after her in the city of Zadar, is also the largest church building in Dalmatia .

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
  • Cölestin Wolfsgrüber:  Archdiocese of Zara . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.

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