Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci
Eparchy of Križevci Dioecesis Crisiensis Križevačka eparhija | |
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Co-Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Zagreb | |
Secular priests | 28 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Eparch | Milan Stipić |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Josip Bozanić |
Bishops emeritus | Nikola Kekić |
Website | |
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The Eparchy of Križevci is a
It mostly gathers its faithful among ethnic
History
Historical background
The
The basis for the creation of
On 17 November 1735, the supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church occupied by force of arms the monastery of Marča and two years later, on 17 June 1737, set fire to it. The monastery was restored to the Byzantine Rite Catholics in 1753.[4]
Erection of the Eparchy of Križevci
To support the pastoral action for the Greek Rite population, the
Many Orthodox
Expansion
In 1914, the Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina was created from the Eparchy of Križevci, but in 1925, it was merged back into it, when the eparchy was expanded to include all Greek Catholics in Yugoslavia. Owing to this expansion and to population movements over time, Križevci includes Catholics of varied national heritage[6] including:
- Croats and Serbs from Žumberak[citation needed]
- Rusyns in Slavonia (Croatia), Vojvodina (Serbia) and northern Bosnia who had emigrated from Carpatho-Ukraine and Slovakia
- Galicia (now in Ukraine) around 1900
- ethnic Serbs[7]
- Macedonian converts through missionary activity in the 19th century
- a few Serbian Banat[8]
Since the break-up of Yugoslavia
Until 2001, the Eparchy of Križevci had full jurisdiction over all Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite throughout the entire territory of former
In 2003, a new
In 2013, all Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Montenegro were entrusted to the local Latin Bishops, so the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro was reduced to just Serbia, now the
Extension
The Eparchy reported for the year 2010 a total of 21,509 faithful in the eparchy proper (including Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and 22,369 in the Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia and Montenegro.[11] In comparison, the most recently published census results for the Republic of Croatia, those of 2001, report only 6,219 Croatians defining themselves specifically as Greek Catholics.[12]
A historical trend of a sharp decline in numbers, particularly in the general vicinity of Zumberak, is explained by a number of factors including emigration, particularly to the United States (including Cleveland, Chicago and Pittsburgh), and rural depopulation, particularly in the period following the second world war.
Diaspora
The first Greek Catholic priest from Croatia came to the United States of America in 1902, whose work among Byzantine-Rite Croatians in Cleveland was encouraged by the bishop of Križevci.[13] Another Croatian priest came to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1894.[14] Križevci is one of the four Eastern European eparchies that are the roots of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in the United States.[15]
Vicariates
The eparchy is made up of four vicariates:
- Žumberak vicariate
- Bosnian vicariate
- Slavonia-Srijem vicariate
- Dalmatian vicariate, in Croatia
Bishops
The list of the eparchs (bishops) of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci is:[16][17]
# | Incumbent | From | Until |
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1 | Vasilije Božičković, O.S.B.M.(1719–1785) | 15 July 1777 | 9 May 1785 |
2 | Jozafat Bastašić, O.S.B.M.(1740–1793) | 30 March 1789 | 28 August 1793 |
3 | Silvestar Bubanović, O.S.B.M.(1754–1810) | 8 November 1795 | 14 June 1810 |
4 | Konstantin Stanić(1757–1830) | 10 September 1815 | 31 July 1830 |
5 | Gabrijel Smičiklas(1783–1856) | 8 September 1834 | 14 March 1856 |
6 | Đuro Smičiklas(1815–1881) | 21 December 1857 | 20 April 1881 |
7 | Ilija Hranilović(1850–1889) | 15 March 1883 | 20 March 1889 |
8 | Julije Drohobeczky(1853–1934) | 17 December 1891 | 18 May 1917 |
9 | Dionisije Njaradi(1874–1940)Apostolic Administrator, 1917–1920Bishop, 1920–1940 | 18 May 1917 | 14 April 1940 |
10 | Janko Šimrak(1883–1946)Apostolic Administrator, 1941–1942Bishop, 1942–1946 | 16 August 1941 | 9 August 1946 |
11 | Gabrijel Bukatko(1913–1981)Apostolic Administrator, 1952–1960Bishop, 1960–1961Apostolic Administrator, 1961–1981 | 23 February 1952 | 19 October 1981 |
- | Joakim Segedi(1904–2004)Auxiliary Bishop | 24 February 1963 | 27 October 1984 |
12 | Slavomir Miklovš(1934–2011) | 22 January 1983 | 25 May 2009 |
13 | Nikola Kekić(b. 1943) | 25 May 2009 | 18 March 2019 |
- | Milan Stipić(b. 1978)Apostolic Administrator, 2019–2020Bishop, 2020–present | 18 March 2019 | Present |
See also
Notes
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- ^ Ritzler, Remigius (1952). "Plataearum". Hierarchia catholica Medii aevi sive summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series. Vol. 5. Padua. p. 317.
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- ^ a b Nicolao Nilles (1885). Kalendarium Manuale Utriusque Ecclesiae Orientalis et Occidentalis Vol 3 Part 1. Feliciani Rauch. p. 83.
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Diocese of Križevci (Kreutz) (Byzantine)". Catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "The Rites Of The Catholic Church". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ^ "Zagrebacko-ljubljanska eparhija". Archived from the original on 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ Greek Catholic Churches in Former Yugoslavia
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 93 (2001) Archived April 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, p. 339.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 105 (2013), p. 187.
- ^ "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Population by Religion, by Towns/Municipalities, Census 2001
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- ^ Croatian Franciscan Custody
- ^ Lega Cyrus : The Rusyns People
- ^ Croatian Diocese of Križevci
- ^ "Diocese of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
- Križevci (in Croatian)