Juraj Caric
Juraj Carić (born April 20, 1867 in Svirce near Hvar , † May 17, 1921 in Split ) was a Croatian clergyman and bishop of Split-Makarska .
Life
Education and early years
He graduated from the grammar school in Split in 1884 and studied theology in Zadar from 1884 to 1891 . The sacrament of holy orders he received on October 6, 1889. His studies, he continued in Vienna, where he met with a thesis on Sanctorum patrum et theologorum scolasticorum doctrina de usura exponitur et vindicatur doctorate was. He was a catechist at a high school in Zadar and then worked as a lecturer in philosophy, church history, canon law, dogmatics and fundamental theology in Zadar. From 1902 to 1906 he was director of the Zadar seminary.
Episcopate
On 6 December 1906 he was Pope Pius X to auxiliary bishop in Split and titular bishop of Ceramus appointed. He was ordained episcopate on December 8th of the same year in Rome by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val , Secretary of State ; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Split-Makarska Filip Frano Nakić and Jordan Zaninović OP , Bishop of Hvar . After the death of Bishop Antun Đivoje , he followed on June 8, 1918 on the bishopric of Split-Makarska.
Political activity
When the Croatian parliament broke off all relations with Austria-Hungary on October 24, 1918 , the Croatian clergy declared in a letter that they supported the decision of the National Council in Zagreb. While large parts of the eastern Adriatic were occupied by the Italian army, Juraj Carić turned against the Italian claims on the eastern Adriatic and Italy's policy of implementing the "secret treaty" of London in 1915 .
In 1918 he appeared at a Croatian bishops' conference as a representative of the most populous Dalmatian diocese outside the Italian sphere of influence and as an advocate of the interests of the Dalmatian clergy and people against Italian claims. On December 2, 1918, he wrote from Rijeka to the British General Gordon and the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George , and at the beginning of January 1919 also to the King of Great Britain George V , in these letters he always opposed the Italian occupation of Dalmatia . At a meeting with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri in early 1919, he presented a memorandum to Pope Benedict XV. in this matter. Although his efforts were contrary to the interests of the Curia , Juraj Carić was allowed to travel to Paris for a peace conference. There he finally achieved a division of Istria in cooperation with Serbia , but he probably overestimated his role at this conference.
Aftermath
Within the church, Juraj Carić advocated the equality of the Church Slavonic ( Croatian glagoljačke ) liturgy, for example in a memorandum to the Pope in 1919, in which he advocated the use of the “Glagolitic and Slavic languages in the liturgy”.
He founded the Marian shrine in Vepric , where he is also buried.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Slavko Kovačić: CARIĆ, Juraj. In: Hrvatski biografski leksikon. 1989, accessed April 20, 2018 (Croatian).
- ↑ a b .html entry on Georg Carić on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 20, 2018.
- ^ Vepric place of worship ( Memento from April 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 20, 2018
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antun Đivoje |
Bishop of Split-Makarska 1918–1921 |
Kvirin Klement Bonefačić |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caric, Juraj |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caric, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian clergyman, Bishop of Split-Makarska |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Svirce near Hvar |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1921 |
| Place of death | Split |