The ''Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb'' is the oldest

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seminary in the world outside Rome. This

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has been in continuous operation since 1681. It is the major education institution of the Greek Catholic church in

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and

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. Historically it played an important role in the

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History

To improve education among the

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and

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, bishop

Pavao Zorčić Pavao Zorčić, O.S.B.M. (c.1620 – 23 January 1685) was a Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the titular bishop of Plataea and Vicar Apostolic of Marča from 1671 to 1685. Life He was born in Sveti Ivan Žabno, Habsburg's Kingdom of ...

established 1680 this seminary in the

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of Zagreb. The small house was ready for operation one year later and was housing the rector with assistants and among a dozen students visiting the

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or the

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of the

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in Zagreb. The seminary had a byzantine

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, study rooms and a

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. Over the years the seminary grew and the building was expanded. After a destruction by fire bishop

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rebuilt the seminary and it became the first two floor building in Zagreb. He added a church dedicated to

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which became eventually the Greek Catholic parish church in Zagreb. Later, after the huge destrucions of the

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a new splendid seminary and parish church dedicated to

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was erected by bishop Ilija Hranilović and executed by the renowned architect

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. The rectors of the seminary and the students played a distinctive role in the Greek Catholic Church in Croatia, but not less in Croatian society, being the major intellectuals and defenders of the

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of the

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with the

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in Croatia.

Rectors

# Đuro Germiniković (1688-?) # P. Teodor Strahinić OSBM (ca. 1700) # vl. Grgur Jugović (1702-?) # Franjo Novak (1710-?) # vl. Teofil Pašić (1738–1739) # Simeon Bulić (1742-?) # Ignacije Latković (1772–1776) # Atanazije Gvozdanović (1776–1779) # vl. Silvestar Bubanović (1780–1781) # Janko Rajaković (1781–1782) # vl. Konstantin Stanić (1782–1785, 1807–1809) # Tomo Čučić (

Layperson Laypeople or laypersons may refer to: * Someone who is not an expert in a particular field of study ** Lay judge *** Lay judges in Japan * Laity, members of a church who are not clergy ** Lay brother ** Lay sister ** Lay preacher ** Lay apostolat ...

, 1794–1796) # Antun Tumara (1800–1807) # vl. Gabre Smičiklas (1809–1810) # Konstantin Poturičić (1810– 1812) # Simeon Čučić (1812–1821) # Bazilije Božičković (1830–1831) # Nikola Malić (1831–1837) # Janko Goleš (1837–1846) # Janko Predović (1846–1849) # dr. Petar Stić (1849–1851) # Pavao Bratelj (1851–1860) # Bazilije Poturičić (1860–1861) # Marko Stanić (1861–1866) # Tomo Vidović (1866–1871) # prof. Gabro Smičiklas (1871–1877) # ak. prof. dr.

Tadija Smičiklas Tadija "Tade" Smičiklas (1 October 1843 – 8 June 1914) was a Croatian historian and politician. He was a professor at the Zagreb university and a member of the Croatian Academy. A member of the Illyrianist People's Party, he supported the ind ...

(

, 1877–1882) # Vladimir Laboš (1882–1885) # prof. dr. Anton Franki (1885–1891) # Andrija Segedi (1891–1897) # dr. Dane Šajatović (1897–1902) # vl. dr.

Dionizije Njaradi Dionisije Njaradi (10 October 1874 – 14 April 1940) was a Yugoslavian Greek Catholic hierarch of Rusyn origin. He was auxiliary bishop (as titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae) and Apostolic Administrator from 1914 to 1920 (until 1917 '' sede plena ...

(1902–1914) # dr. Tomo Severović (1914–1924) # dr. Ivan Djuro Višošević OSBM (1924–1956) # Ivan Krstitelj Pavković (1956–1990) # vl. Nikola Kekić (1990–2019) # dr. Robert Rapljenović (2019–2020) # Daniel Vranešić (2020-)

Gallery

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1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

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, rector Višošević (left of bishop) and alumnis

Sources

* * , pages 12-13. * , pages 78-79.

References

External links

Official website
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