Franciscan Friary, Humac
Franciscan friary of Saint Anthony is a friary of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in Humac, Ljubuški. The friary church was built in 1869 and the friary in 1871. During World War II, the friary was heavily damaged, but its south and east wing, as well as the church, were renovated in 1961, while the south wing was built anew in 1967. History Franciscans already had the friary of the Holy Madonna in the nearby town of Ljubuški built in the 15th century, which was destroyed by the Ottomans in the search for Bishop Daniel Vocatius in 1563. After the destruction of the friary, the Franciscans of Ljubuški joined their fellow Franciscans in Zaostrog from where they pastored the area of Ljubuški. After the end of the Morean War, the pastoral care of Ljubuški was taken by the Franciscans in Kreševo in 1700. The territory of the parish that covered the area around Ljubuški was seated in Veljaci since 1599, until 1855, when the new Parish of Humac was established. At the ...
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Franciscan Province Of Herzegovina
Franciscan Province of Herzegovina of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a province of the Catholic religious order of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as Franciscans. It was established in 1843 when it seceded from the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena. Its headquarters are in Mostar. The Franciscans were present at the territory of Herzegovina since the 13th century. During the Ottoman rule, they established their exclusive care of the Catholics under the Ottoman held-territories, thus gaining a number of privileges, acting as a ''de facto'' an Ottoman institution. With the restoration of the Church hierarchy after the Austrian-Hungarian occupation in 1881, the Franciscans fiercely opposed the restoration, trying to preserve their privileges and control over the Herzegovinian parishes, a conflict which is not resolved till the present-day, known as the Herzegovina Affair. As of 2019, there are 194 friars who are members of the Franciscan Province of Herzego ...
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