Juraj Dobrila | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Juraj Dobrila | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Church | Roman Catholic Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archdiocese | Gorizia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diocese | Trieste and Capodistria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Trieste andCapodistria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | 29 May 1875 (1875-05-29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term ended | 13 January 1882 (1882-01-13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Jernej Legat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Janez Nepomuk Glavina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous post | Bishop of Poreč and Pula (1857–75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | 9 September 1837 (1837-09-09) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | 2 May 1858 (1858-05-02) by Andrej Gollmayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1812-04-16)16 April 1812 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1882(1882-01-13) (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buried | St. Anne Cemetery, Trieste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Augustineum, Vienna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source(s):Catholic-hierarchy.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Juraj Dobrila[a][b] (16 April 1812 – 13 January 1882) was a CroatianCatholic bishop and benefactor fromIstria who advocated for greater national rights forSouth Slavic peoples,Croats andSlovenes, inIstria underAustrian rule.
Dobrila was born in the village of Veli Ježenj (now part ofPazin),Tinjan (Antignana) region of middle Istria, which was then and for a brief period part of Napoleon'sIllyrian provinces and shortly thereafter theHabsburg monarchy (today part ofCroatia). His above-average intelligence let him engage a German elementary school inTinjan andPazin, then agymnasium inGorizia, andKarlovac where he also attended aseminary. He became a priest in 1837 and took duty from 1837 until late 1838 in Mune and Hrusici. From 1839 he studied theology atAugustineum inVienna and finished in 1842. After his studies, he became a chaplain inTrieste, a German enlighter and a principal of a girl-school. From 1857 to 1875 he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parenzo e Pola - Poreč i Pula region and from 1875 until his death he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria - Trst in Koper region.
Dobrila studied with and was a friend ofJosip Juraj Strossmayer, another Croatian bishop and benefactor of the 19th century. He was a vocal supporter of the Croat andSlovene population in Istria, which was the majority there, but culturally and politically dominated by Italians from the coastal towns.[1]
During theRevolutions of 1848, Dobrila became a member of theSlavjansko društvo ("Slavic society") in Trieste. He supported the introduction of the Slavic languages into schools and public life, funded children who wanted to attend schools in the Croatian part of the monarchy (inRijeka andKastav) and encouraged thepeasants in Istria, mostly composed of Slavic people, to read books in their native language and avoid being abused by their mostly Italian lords.
Dobrila printed theprayer bookOče, budi volja tvoja in Croatian in 1854, and supported the publishing of the firstCroatian newspaper in IstriaNaša sloga in 1870.[2] He also published a collection offolk tales and proverbsRazlično cvijeće. His second prayer bookMladi Bogoljub was published in 1889.
He was a member of theDiet of Istria in Poreč since its founding in 1861 and the representative of the council in the Parliament in Vienna until 1867. He was also a participant of theFirst Vatican Council (1870) where he supported BishopJosip Juraj Strossmayer's opposition to the doctrine of papal infallibility.
Dobrila donated his whole estate to charity. Dobrila's portrait was depicted on theobverse of the Croatian 10kuna banknote issued in 1993, 1995, 2001 and 2004.[3] Two high schools are named after Dobrila, one inPazin and one inPula.The University of Pula is named in his honourJuraj Dobrila University of Pula.
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