Ivan Evanđelist Šarić
Ivan Evanđelist Šarić (born September 22, 1871 in Dolac near Travnik , Central Bosnia , † July 16, 1960 in Madrid , Spain ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman, poet, translator and archbishop of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo) .
Life
Ivan attended elementary school in his hometown and then the Jesuit grammar school in Travnik (1882-1890). After high school he entered the archbishop's seminary and was on 22 July 1894 on the priests ordained . Initially active in parish pastoral care, he then studied at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb and received his doctorate in theology in 1898 .
On April 8, 1908, he was by Pope Pius X to auxiliary bishop in Vrhbosna and titular bishop of Caesaropolis appointed. He received the episcopal ordination on May 28, 1908 by the Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Josef Stadler . Co- consecrators were Paškal Buconjić OFM , Bishop of Mostar-Duvno , and Marijan Marković OFM, Bishop of Banja Luka . His motto was: Veritati et Caritati ("Truth and Love"). As a bishop he had a virile vote in the state parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the constitution from 1910 to 1915 .
When Archbishop Josef Stadler died on December 8, 1918, Ivan Šarić was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese. On May 2, 1922, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Sarajevo) and he was solemnly enthroned. For more than 25 years as archbishop and metropolitan, he led the archbishopric, founded many new parishes, and had churches and schools built. He was the founder and editor of the Catholic weekly newspaper and created a translation of the Bible into Croatian.
As a supporter of the Ustascha , he had to leave his archbishopric and the country shortly after the end of the Second World War , he emigrated to Spain via Austria and Switzerland .
In 1957 he was placed in a nursing home in Madrid; Bedridden for three years, he died of a pulmonary embolism on July 16, 1960 at the age of 89 . He was buried in the Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena cemetery. He found his final resting place on April 26, 1997 in the Church of St. Joseph in Sarajevo.
Web links
- Entry for Ivan Evanđelist Šarić on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Ivan Saric, priest, poet and patriot (Croatian)
- Catholic weekly newspaper - ARCHBISHOP SARIC, THANKS TO HIM (Croatian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Josef Stadler |
Archbishop of Vrhbosna 1922–1960 |
Marko Alaupović |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šarić, Ivan Evanđelist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Vrhbosna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Travnik , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1960 |
| Place of death | Madrid , Spain |