Josip Marija Carević

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Josip Marija Carević (born February 16, 1883 in Metković ; † May 1945 in Dubrovnik , Croatia ) was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop of Dubrovnik .

Life

Josip Marija Carević came from one of the most respected families in Perast. He attended high school in Split. After graduating from high school, he entered the archiepiscopal seminary in Split. In 1903 he went to study philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . He received his doctorate and completed both studies with a doctorate. He was ordained a priest in Split on October 28, 1908 . From 1912 to 1915 he was editor for the leading local newspapers. He wrote several books, Konstantin Veliki i krscanstvo (Constantine the Great and Christianity), Hipnotizam u svjetlu filozofije (In the wake of hypnosis in philosophy) and Promjene novom crkvenom zakoniku (Changes in the New Church Code). In the First World War he was a military chaplain ; then pastor in Split. He was a member of the board of directors of the Sparkasse and in commercial enterprises.

On April 13, 1929, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Bishop of Dubrovnik. He received the episcopal ordination on August 4, 1929 by the Archbishop of Zagreb , Antun Bauer . Co- consecrators were Kvirin Klement Bonefačić , the bishop of Split, and Miho Pušić , the bishop of Hvar . He wrote other books in 1931 O kršćanskom odgoju u obitelji (The Education of Violence Christian) and in 1935 O Katoličkoj crkvi (About the Catholic Church). On the occasion of the 1900th anniversary of Jesus Christ's death on the cross , in 1935 he had a cross made of white marble erected on the summit of Mount Srd . The cross was destroyed in 1991 but was erected again. On February 9, 1940 Emeritus Josip Marija Carević to the ministry of the Bishop of Dubrovnik and Pope Pius XII. appointed him titular bishop of Aristium . He left Dubrovnik and moved to Zagreb .

As early as 1941 Josip Marija Carević was warned about Tito's communist partisans; he dispelled the concerns. In the spring of 1945 he disappeared. His body has not been found to this day.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 134
  2. ^ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1929, Number 64
  3. ^ Josip Marija Carević in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 1, 2017 (English).
predecessor Office successor
Josip Marčelić Bishop of Dubrovnik
1929–1940
Paul Butorac