Paul Butorac

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Pavao (Paul) Butorac (born March 26, 1888 in Perast , † February 22, 1966 in Dubrovnik , Croatia ) was a Roman Catholic priest , historian , theological writer and Bishop of Kotor and Dubrovnik .

Life

Paul Butorac came from one of the most respected families in Perast near Kotor . He attended high school in Perast and Kotor. After graduating from high school, he entered the archbishop's seminary in Zadar . He was ordained a priest on July 17, 1910. He took language lessons (Croatian and Italian), studied history / art history and geography and taught these subjects in Zadar . From 1918 to 1920 he was rector of the seminary in Kotor and worked as a catechist at the grammar school there. On January 5, 1938 he was appointed by Pope Pius XI. appointed Bishop of Kotor. It was consecrated on March 6, 1938 by the Bishop of Split-Makarska , Kvirin Klement Bonefačić . Co- consecrators were Miho Pušić , the Bishop of Hvar , and Josip Marija Carević , the Bishop of Dubrovnik. On September 25, 1950, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the Bishop of Dubrovnik. He was a council father in the first session of the Second Vatican Council . The historian and theological writer wrote books and articles in magazines and newspapers. His most famous book, Our Lady of the Rocks , has been translated into several languages. In 1964 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zagreb .

He died at the age of seventy-eight and was buried in the Episcopal Crypt in Dubrovnik Cathedral.

Publications

  • Politički i gospodarstveni liberalizam i krčćanstvo (Political and Economic Liberalism in Christianity) Croatian print FP 1920
  • Boka Kotorska od najstarijih vremena do Nemanjića (The Bay of Kotor from the earliest times to the 12th century (Nemanjic dynasty)) Tisak Narodne Tiskare, 1927
  • Gospa od Škrpjela - Our Lady of the Rocks Verlag Gospa od Škrpjela, 1930
  • Boka Kotorska nakon pada Mletačke republike do Bečkog kongresa: (1797-1815) (The Bay of Kotor after the fall of the Republic of Venice to the Congress of Vienna 1797-1815) Archbishop's Press 1938
  • Boka Kotorska prema narodnome pokretu u revolucionarnoj godini: 1848 (The Bay of Kotor and the People's Movement in the Revolutionary Year 1848) Archbishop's Press 1938
  • Problem Kulture Diocese former ecclesiastical province of Dalmatia, 1966
  • with Srećko Majić: Kotor za samovlade (1355-1420) (Kotor - self-government 1355-1420) Vol. 13 Gospa od Škrpjela, 1999
  • Boka Kotorska u 17. i 18. stoljeću: politički pregled (The Bay of Kotor in the 17th and 18th centuries, a political view) Vol. 15 Gospa od Škrpjela, 2000
  • Kulturna povijest grada Perasta (Cultural History of Parast), Zagreb 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 18
  2. ↑ Short biography book cover
predecessor Office successor
Francesco Uccellini Bishop of Kotor
1938–1950 		Marko Peric
Josip Marija Carević Bishop of Dubrovnik
1950–1966 		Severin Pernek
personal data
SURNAME Butorac, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butorac, Pavao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav priest, Bishop of Kotor and Dubrovnik
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Perast
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1966
Place of death Dubrovnik